British Supreme Court quashes 'draconian' powers that allowed freezing of terror assets

01/27/10: The Times (UK) reports that British ministers’ efforts to combat terrorism were dealt a fresh blow today when the UK’s highest court quashed measures to freeze the assets of terror suspects imposed without the approval of Parliament. In a landmark ruling, seven justices of the Supreme Court ruled that ministers had acted without Parliamentary authority in making two orders that placed sweeping financial restrictions on the five suspects.