{"id":3503,"date":"2010-07-15T08:01:26","date_gmt":"2010-07-15T12:01:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/charityandsecurity.org\/?p=3503"},"modified":"2020-08-30T12:10:06","modified_gmt":"2020-08-30T16:10:06","slug":"news_editorials_opinions_supreme_court_holder_humanitarian_law_project_decision","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/charityandsecurity.org\/archive\/news_editorials_opinions_supreme_court_holder_humanitarian_law_project_decision\/","title":{"rendered":"News, Editorials, and Opinions about Supreme Court\u2019s June 21, 2010 Holder v. Humanitarian Law Project decision"},"content":{"rendered":"
Released on June 21, 2010, the\u00a0Supreme Court\u2019s Holder v. Humanitarian Law Project (HLP) decision<\/a>\u00a0will have an adverse impact on the efforts of U.S. groups working on peacebuilding, conflict resolution and other activities in places where listed terrorist groups operate.\u00a0\u00a0 Below are news articles and editorials from major media publications, press releases and opinions from civil rights and civil liberty experts, including David Cole, the attorney representing HLP\u00a0in the case.\u00a0Background about the case is available here.<\/a><\/p>\n First reads<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div> UPI article:\u00a0U.S. Supreme Court: Humanitarian groups assessing impact of terror decisio<\/a>n<\/a>(WITH INTERESTING STATE DEPT. INTERPRETATION OF RULING)<\/p>\n<\/div><\/li> Op-ed from Scott Atran, an anthropologist at France\u2019s National Center for Scientific Research and Robert Axelrod political science and public policy professor at Michigan:\u00a0Why We Talk to Terrorists<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/li><\/ul> Editorials<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div> Washington Post:\u00a0The Supreme Court goes too far in the name of fighting terrorism\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/li> Chicago Tribune:\u00a0How the ‘material support’ law promotes terrorism<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/li> USA Today:\u00a0Court chills free speech<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/li> Lexington Herald-Leader:\u00a0Free speech and logic under attack<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/li><\/ul> Commentary<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div> David Cole, attorney for HLP:\u00a0Advocacy Is Not a Gun<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/li> David Cole:\u00a0The Robert\u2019s Court Free Speech Problem<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/li> Steve Vladeck, national security\/terrorim legal expert:\u00a0Closer to Guilt by Association<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/li> Mohamed Elibiary, President of Freedom & Justice Foundation:\u00a0Verdict misinterprets ‘material support’<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/li> American Constitution Society (ACS):\u00a0Supreme Court Upholds \u201cMaterial Support\u201d Law Against Constitutional Challenges<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/li> Andy Carl, Executive Director of Conciliation Resources:\u00a0Ending wars peacefully just got harder<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/li> Geoffrey R. Stone, Edward H. Levi Distinguished Service Professor of Law at the University of Chicago:\u00a0‘Material Support’ and the First Amendment<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/li> Jon Carrol of the San Franscico Chronicle:\u00a0Worried are the peacemakers<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/li> Jamie Rowen of the San Franscico Chronicle:\u00a0Supreme Court should remember Mandela<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/li> Adam Serwer of The American Prospect:\u00a0CENTCOM Red Team Contemplates “Materially Supporting Terrorism.”<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/li> Washington Post, Letter to the Editors:\u00a0Irony in ban on support for terrorism, U.S. funds reaching warlords<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/li> Joanne Mariner, Terrorism and Counterterrorism Program Director at Human Rights Watch:\u00a0Talking to Terrorists: The Worst U.S. Supreme Court Decision of the Term<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/li> Nat Hentoff is a senior fellow at the Cato Institute:\u00a0Court in Contempt of First Amendment<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/li> Lisa Schirch<\/a>, Director of the 3D Security Initiative:\u00a0Supreme Court Ruling Impacts Peacebuilding in Afghanistan<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/li><\/ul> News<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div> Jurist:\u00a0Supreme Court upholds law criminalizing material support for terror organization<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/li> The Chronicle of Philanthropy:\u00a0Supreme Court Decision Delivers Blow to Human-Rights and Aid Groups<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/li> ACLU press release:\u00a0Court Upholds Broad Interpretation Of Anti-Terrorism Law That Inhibits Work Of Humanitarian Groups<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/li> Jason Trahan of the Dallas Moring News:\u00a0Statute used to prosecute Holy Land Foundation upheld by Supreme Court<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/li>