High Court upholds terror law after free speech challenge
Good news for the war on terror; terror cannot survive long without sympathizers and supporters. This is also somewhat of a poke in the eye to those who say our courts are doomed to get it wrong when it comes to terrorists and terrorism.
A divided Supreme Court has ruled the government’s power to criminalize “material support” of a terrorist organization is constitutionally permissible.
The 6-3 ruling preserves a key provision of the 2001 Patriot Act, amid claims it threatens the free-speech rights of Americans who would assist non-violent activities of certain militant and terror groups.