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BREAKING NEWS: Supreme Court upholds federal law prohibiting “material support” to terrorist organizations

June 21, 2010 # 11:50 am # Armed Conflict, Foreign Policy, Human Rights, International Law, Supreme Court # No Comment

In a 6-3 decision, in Holder v.  Humanitarian Law Project, the United States Supreme Court ruled that the relevant prohibitions on providing “material support” to terrorist organizations are constitutional. The full opinion can be found here.  Analysis to follow.

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Anthony Clark Arend is Professor of Government and Foreign Service at Georgetown University and the Director of the Master of Science in Foreign Service in the Walsh School of Foreign Service.

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