Holder v. Humanitarian Law Project
United States Supreme Court
561 U.S. 1 (2010)
- Written by Craig Conway, LLM
Facts
The Humanitarian Law Project, five other organizations, and two individuals (collectively, HLP) (plaintiffs) filed suit in district court against United States Attorney General Eric Holder, Jr., and others (collectively, defendants) challenging the constitutionality of a federal law (18 U.S.C. § 2339B(a)(1)) that prohibited the giving of “material support or resources” to certain foreign organizations designated by the secretary of state as engaging in terrorist activities. Specifically, HLP sought to provide training, education, and other resources to two designated terrorist groups: the Kurdistan Workers’ Party, also referred to as the Partiya Karkeran Kurdistan (PKK), and the Libertarian Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE). After a long, protracted litigation effort during which Congress amended the statute, the district court partially granted HLP’s motion for a preliminary injunction. Holder and the others appealed. The court of appeals affirmed. The United States Supreme Court granted certiorari to review.
Rule of Law
Issue
Holding and Reasoning (Roberts, C.J.)
Dissent (Breyer, J.)
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