Another Dumb Judge Decision

Yesterday was a bad day for the federal judiciary. First we had the "paper money is discriminatory" ruling, and now we have another federal judge striking down the president's ability to designate groups as terrorists:

LOS ANGELES - A federal judge struck down President Bush's authority to designate groups as terrorists, saying his post-Sept. 11 executive order was unconstitutionally vague, according to a ruling released Tuesday.

The Humanitarian Law Project had challenged Bush's order, which blocked all the assets of groups or individuals he named as "specially designated global terrorists" after the 2001 terrorist attacks.

"This law gave the president unfettered authority to create blacklists," said David Cole, a lawyer for the Washington, D.C.-based Center for Constitutional Rights that represented the group. "It was reminiscent of the McCarthy era."

This one has all the earmarks of judge shopping, a technique favored by lefty lawyers trying to enact their lefty agenda through the courts. The same thing happened in the NSA case.

Why do I suggest some judge shopping?

U.S. District Judge Audrey Collins enjoined the government from blocking the assets of the two groups. The same judge two years ago invalidated portions of the Patriot Act.

I look for this to be overturned on appeal.