November 28, 2006

I Feel Safer, Don't You?

Sigh.

LOS ANGELES - A federal judge struck down President Bush's authority to designate groups as terrorists, saying his post-Sept. 11 executive order was unconstitutionally vague, according to a ruling released Tuesday.

The Humanitarian Law Project had challenged Bush's order, which blocked all the assets of groups or individuals he named as "specially designated global terrorists" after the 2001 terrorist attacks.

So who gets to designate terror organizations, the judiciary?

God help us.

UPDATE (Ragnar) : There's a copy of Judge Collins' order here. If Judge' Collins' name sounds familiar, it may be because she's been in the news before. Judge Collins ruled in January 2004 that portions of the Patriot Act were also "impermissibly vague," and could not be enforced. A copy of the Judge's January 2004 order can be viewed here. There's a related order from July here.

By Vinnie, Proud Right Wing Slut at 09:40 PM | |