Civil Rights
Block on Trump's Asylum Ban Upheld by Supreme Court
Convictions and sentences of defendants, members of the Earth Liberation Front which has been identified by the FBI as domestic eco-terrorist group, for destroying government property is affirmed where: 1) the district court did not err in holding that defendants' conduct caused the Forest Service to suffer a loss in its loss-amount calculation; and 2) defendant's argument that he's not the sort of person who should be labeled a terrorist and that the terrorism enhancement does not apply unless his crime transcended national boundaries is without merit.
Read US v. Christianson, No. 09-1526
Appellate Information
Appeal from the United States District Court for the Western District of Wisconsin
Decided November 9, 2009
Judges
Before: Posner, Manion, and Tinder, Circuit Judges
Opinion by Manion, Circuit Judge