Civil Liberties and Constitutional Rights
Procedures for Terrorist ‘Watchlist’ Unconstitutional, Court Rules
By Jacob Schulz
The U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia ruled that the federal government's Terrorist Screening Database program, commonly referred to as the terrorist "watchlist," does not provide "constitutionally adequate" process for Americans included in the database. The Court instructed both sides to submit briefs about what they each view as the appropriate relief. The ruling can be found here.