EvaPeron
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USA PATRIOT Act
Humanitarian Law Project v. Holder, 2010
Criminalized pure speech in furtherance of the non-criminal acts of terrorist groups.
The USA PATRIOT Act expanded 18 USC. § 2339, which criminalizes giving "material support" to terrorists, to include "expert advice or assistance" as a prohibited form of "support." Under previous Supreme Court precedent, pure speech could be criminalized only if it had the intent and likely effect of furthering a group's illegal aims. In 2010's Holder v. Humanitarian Law Project, however, the Supreme Court held that the First Amendment permitted criminalization, under the "material support" law, of efforts to provide advice to members of a terrorist group on how to use international law and other non-violent conflict-resolution mechanisms.
USA PATRIOT Act
Humanitarian Law Project v. Holder, 2010
Criminalized pure speech in furtherance of the non-criminal acts of terrorist groups.
The USA PATRIOT Act expanded 18 USC. § 2339, which criminalizes giving "material support" to terrorists, to include "expert advice or assistance" as a prohibited form of "support." Under previous Supreme Court precedent, pure speech could be criminalized only if it had the intent and likely effect of furthering a group's illegal aims. In 2010's Holder v. Humanitarian Law Project, however, the Supreme Court held that the First Amendment permitted criminalization, under the "material support" law, of efforts to provide advice to members of a terrorist group on how to use international law and other non-violent conflict-resolution mechanisms.