Executive Order on Terrorism Ruled Unconstitutional

The Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR) succeeded in having two provisions of a Bush administration anti-terrorism initiative ruled unconstitutional. U.S. District Court Judge Audrey Collins ruled in Humanitarian Law Project v. Department of Treasury that the law, an Executive Order issued shortly after 9/11 and used to blacklist hundreds of individuals and organizations as “specially designated global terrorists” and freeze their assets, is unconstitutionally vague and imposes guilt by association. Click here for the CCR press release and an link to the ruling.