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lagilmanfrom the AP wire: LOS ANGELES - A federal judge struck down President Bush's authority to designate groups as terrorists, saying his post-Sept. 11 executive order was unconstitutionally vague, according to a ruling released Tuesday.
...The judge's 45-page ruling was a reversal of her own tentative findings last July in which she indicated she would uphold wide powers asserted by Bush under an anti-terror financing law. She delayed her ruling then to allow more legal briefs to be filed.
She also struck down the provision in which Bush had authorized the secretary of the treasury to designate anyone who "assists, sponsors or provides services to" or is "otherwise associated with" a designated group.
However, she let stand sections of the order that penalize those who provide "services" to designated terrorist groups. She said such services would include the humanitarian aid and rights training proposed by the plaintiffs.
In 2004, (Judge) Collins ruled that portions of the Patriot Act were too vague and, even after Congress amended the act in 2005, she ruled the provisions remained too vague to be understood by a person of average intelligence and were therefore unconstitutional.
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Was supposed to go out and shoot some pool, but the call of Shit That Needs Doing was too great, as CGAG meets tomorrow and I had only read one of the two submissions (oher than my own, natch). I am Virtuous. Also, had no desire to get my ass whupped by the sharks who call themselves my friends. And also? Am feeling somwhat bah humbuggy and didn't want to bring them down, too.
So I stayed in, worked, and watched tv with the cats.
NCIS: first person to even suggest Gibbs/Ducky will be force-fed lye. Urk. Also, DiNozzo? in lurve? Is such a terrifying thing. Especially since he's being an Adult about it. Please, god-of-telly? No Ponderosa Syndrome, 'k?
House: As someone who suffers chronic pain, I can only say that I was about to empty out my own medicine cabinet for the guy. Ow. Also, can you people not use your degrees to see that a) he's in agony [enough to say what he did to Cuddy] and b) he shouldn't be working? And c) he was just waiting for one of them to spill all and save all?
Loved the thirty pieces of silver line.
Taste of America: great. Now I want whitefish caviar. This show gives me more food cravings than pregnancy.
And if I never see another "Lexus for Christmas" ad, it will be too soon.
Bah. Also humbug.
...The judge's 45-page ruling was a reversal of her own tentative findings last July in which she indicated she would uphold wide powers asserted by Bush under an anti-terror financing law. She delayed her ruling then to allow more legal briefs to be filed.
She also struck down the provision in which Bush had authorized the secretary of the treasury to designate anyone who "assists, sponsors or provides services to" or is "otherwise associated with" a designated group.
However, she let stand sections of the order that penalize those who provide "services" to designated terrorist groups. She said such services would include the humanitarian aid and rights training proposed by the plaintiffs.
In 2004, (Judge) Collins ruled that portions of the Patriot Act were too vague and, even after Congress amended the act in 2005, she ruled the provisions remained too vague to be understood by a person of average intelligence and were therefore unconstitutional.
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Was supposed to go out and shoot some pool, but the call of Shit That Needs Doing was too great, as CGAG meets tomorrow and I had only read one of the two submissions (oher than my own, natch). I am Virtuous. Also, had no desire to get my ass whupped by the sharks who call themselves my friends. And also? Am feeling somwhat bah humbuggy and didn't want to bring them down, too.
So I stayed in, worked, and watched tv with the cats.
NCIS: first person to even suggest Gibbs/Ducky will be force-fed lye. Urk. Also, DiNozzo? in lurve? Is such a terrifying thing. Especially since he's being an Adult about it. Please, god-of-telly? No Ponderosa Syndrome, 'k?
House: As someone who suffers chronic pain, I can only say that I was about to empty out my own medicine cabinet for the guy. Ow. Also, can you people not use your degrees to see that a) he's in agony [enough to say what he did to Cuddy] and b) he shouldn't be working? And c) he was just waiting for one of them to spill all and save all?
Loved the thirty pieces of silver line.
Taste of America: great. Now I want whitefish caviar. This show gives me more food cravings than pregnancy.
And if I never see another "Lexus for Christmas" ad, it will be too soon.
Bah. Also humbug.
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Date: 2006-11-29 05:14 am (UTC)Other than that, click on my user name to see how I spent my Tuesday evening...
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Date: 2006-11-29 01:54 pm (UTC)Long time no see. I am still finding people from the "good old days" here and there. Hard to tell who is who by their new names. A few are fairly obvious, but ..
Unhappily there is not enough time to visit everyone I know/knew.
Good to see your phosphors tho.
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Date: 2006-11-29 09:17 pm (UTC)I'd REALLY like to know who has Autojim over on AOL... I think it's still an old account of mine, to be honest.
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Date: 2006-11-29 01:49 pm (UTC)House
Date: 2006-11-29 02:09 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2006-11-29 03:15 pm (UTC)You can't freeze bank accounts without court orders. Court orders require more proof than some cops gut feeling. In reality, the events going on would end up with phone calls to politicians and the witch hunt would stop. Which is exactly what this is, a witch hunt. Besides, the smart thing to do would be to agree to rat on House, then get into court and tell the judge that the only reason you agreed to testify was because the police officer was using extortion against you. The fact is that the police are not permitted to use the types of tactics this cop is using in order to coerce information from people. Sure the police do it all the time, but usually that is with people who can't afford high priced lawyers, which would not include a group of highly compensated doctors.
That being said, I think it is obvious that House's current level of hostility is pretty much a product of the pain he is in. I know when my own chronic pain flairs up I can get pretty cranky and his co-workers should recognize this.