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ACLU: Federal Court Finds Freezing Of Charity?s Assets Unconstitutional

By ADF Alliance Alert

ACLU: "A federal court ruled late Monday that the U.S. Treasury Department's freezing of a charity's assets was unconstitutional and that in order to comply with the Constitution, Congress must fix the law to require a warrant be obtained based upon probable cause before taking such action. The court also found that the Treasury Department's failure to give the charity notice of the basis for freezing its assets violated the Constitution by preventing the charity from being able to meaningfully respond to the freeze." (The press release links to the ruling).

Full post as published by Constitutionally Correct on May 11, 2010 (boomark / email).