Saturday, April 14, 2007

The Law Challenged In Court


When the act was signed and in effect in spite of all the disagreement, the Americans and Muslims did not stay with their arms crossed. As a matter of fact after it was established there were lawsuits made, regardless of the fact that they were dismissed, people still fought against it. In Detroit, Michigan; the ACLU National Media Relations director Emily Whitfield reports that more than 230 communities around the country, most recently Los Angeles, have passed resolutions calling for the repeal of certain controversial sections of the act.
In that effect, Provisions of the law are being challenged in court on their constitutional merits.
The ACLU filed a lawsuit which was the first direct challenge to the provision of the act that gives federal agents unlimited authority to secretly seize library reading lists and other personal records. Also A federal judge in Los Angeles struck down a provision the Act that prohibits providing "expert advice or assistance" to designated international terrorist organizations, because it is a violation of the First and Fifth Amendments and because it was too vague.











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