Additional background information:

The Supreme Court has scheduled a one hour oral argument in Holder v. Humanitarian Law Project for Tuesday, Feb. 23, 2010 at 10 a.m. The question before the court is the constitutionality of “material support” statute when applied to the Humanitarian Law Project’s non-criminal activity. The Humanitarian Law Project filed its brief in November. Numerous friend of the court briefs have also been filed. The government filed its reply brief on Dec. 22, 2009.