Order freezing alleged terrorist funds ruled down

Order freezing alleged terrorist funds ruled down: "A federal judge in Los Angeles has ruled that the Bush administration violated the Constitution when it froze the assets of more than two dozen alleged terrorist groups after the Sept. 11 attacks.

U.S. District Judge Audrey B. Collins, in a ruling released Monday, held that an executive order Bush issued Sept. 24, 2001 — designating 27 groups and individuals as 'specially designated global terrorists' — was 'unconstitutionally vague.'

Collins said the order was flawed because it failed to explain the criteria used to make the designations and because it included no process to challenge the decision.

'The president's designation authority is subject only to his unfettered discretion,' the judge said. "

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