Civil Liberties and Constitutional Rights
Case Summary: Fourth Circuit Upholds Terrorism Watchlist Database
Eric Halliday, Rachael Hanna Thu, Jun 17, 2021, 11:31 AM
On March 30, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit in El-Hady v. Kable upheld the constitutionality of the Terrorism Screening Database (TSDB), a watchlist maintained by the FBI that currently contains the names of more than 1 million “known or suspected terrorists.” With this ruling the Fourth Circuit joins the Sixth and Tenth Circuits, both of which have upheld the constitutionality of such terrorism watchlists in recent years.