Supreme Court Terrorism

'Material Support' and the First Amendment

Geoffrey R. Stone | Posted 05.25.2011

Geoffrey R. Stone

A divided Supreme Court made it a crime for a person to provide "material support" to a foreign terrorist organization, which includes not only money, weapons and facilities, but also "advice or assistance."

Supreme Court Upholds Anti-Terror Law

AP | MARK SHERMAN | Posted 05.25.2011

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court upheld the government's authority Monday to ban aid to designated terrorist groups, even when that support is int...