US can call foreign groups terrorists, court says

Reuters ^

[F14 Pilot]

it is a ridiculous waste of time that the court had to DECIDE that. All they had to do was go to the State Dept. webpage

[A message]

Whew, thank goodness for the 9th Circuit Court of Clowns. For a second there I thought we would have to strike the word terrorist from the English language.

[sageb1]

but...what does it mean? CAIR is supported by Hamas...why are they allowed?

[onyx]

Yes it was, but be grateful the Ninth Circus got it right.

[RockyMtnMan]

Just wait until a Dim is in office and they'll designate the Heritage foundation as a terrorist organization.

[adorno]

Just wait until a Dim is in office and they'll designate the Heritage foundation as a terrorist organization.

The State Department should have designated the democratic party a terrorist organization a long time ago for all of the moral support and and journalistic support they give to terrorist organizations in Iraq and all over the world.

[sourcery]

The Constitution does not forbid Congress

The question isn't what the Constitution forbids Congress from doing. The question is what the Constitution empowers Congress to do. And the Constitution does not empower Congress to criminalize providing donations, financial backing or other aid to anyone. In fact, any such prohibition targeted at specific individials or groups is a Bill of Attainder--and is explicitly forbidded by the Constitution.

Until such time as this court's ruling is commonly understood to be diametrically opposed to Constitutional government, the US is for all intents and purposes a tyranny.

[Valin]

CAIR is supported by Hamas

Source please. I know they get the majority of their funding from Saudi Arabia, but this is the first I've heard about Hamas.

[F14 Pilot]

may be CAIR supports HAMAS! ;-)

[goodnesswins]

Have you read the book INFILTRATION...by Paul Sperry? CAIR has gotten money from and given money to Hamas.

[endthematrix]

It will not stop the millions of dollars funneled through US mosques, small denomination "wire" transfers, or even cash through US mail.

[endthematrix]

CAIR Founded by "Islamic Terrorists"?

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1452674/posts
http://www.danielpipes.org/article/2811

Founding members were Hamas. Funding is usually one degree of separation.

[Caipirabob]

Attention: George Soros...

[ovrtaxt]

The court disagreed, saying contributing money was not the same as exercising a right to free speech.

Contributing money is no longer free speech? This follows McCain/Feingold, in that by limiting contributions to political campaigns, there is no violation of free speech according to that mutant of a law either.

Our liberal courts are now abridging the First Amendment on a regular basis.

MEK contributions should have been limited under Article 3 Sec. 3: Clause 1: Treason against the United States, shall consist only in levying War against them, or in adhering to their Enemies, giving them Aid and Comfort. No Person shall be convicted of Treason unless on the Testimony of two Witnesses to the same overt Act, or on Confession in open Court.

All terrorist groups, and the people who support them, should be engaged this way- but why start following the Constitution now?

[Valin]

Thanks. I'll take a look at it.

[GVnana]

You're right, of course, but we are talking about the 9th Circuit.

[kevkrom]

And the Constitution does not empower Congress to criminalize providing donations, financial backing or other aid to anyone. In fact, any such prohibition targeted at specific individials or groups is a Bill of Attainder--and is explicitly forbidded by the Constitution.

Nice try, but very wrong. First of all, your invokation of Bill of Attainder doesn't apply to the case at hand (the logic involved would be torturous at best), and secondly, engaing in aiding and abetting the enemies of the United States is most certainly an area that Congress can regulate.

[TADSLOS]

I'm so relieved over this. The court has spoken..../s/

[bill1952]

Put down the crack pipe.

The constitution empowers that exact thing,
(Also the purview of the Executive) and empowers it in many ways.

Bill of Attainder doesn't ... LOL!

Why not just try to invoke trespass and assumsit?