U.S. v. DHAFIR

Docket No. 05-4770-cr.

461 F.3d 211 (2006)

UNITED STATES of America, appellee, v. Rafil DHAFIR, also known as Sealed Deft # 1, Maher Zagha, also known as Sealed Deft # 2, Ayman Jarwan, also known as Sealed Deft # 3, Help The Needy, also known as Sealed Deft # 5, Help The Needy Endowment Inc., also known as Sealed Deft # 6, Sealed Witness, Defendants, Osameh Al Wahaidy, also known as Sealed Deft # 4, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

Decided: August 24, 2006.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Steven Ward Williams, Smith, Sovik, Kendrick & Sugnet, P.C., Syracuse, New York City, for Defendant-Appellant.

Michael C. Olmsted, Assistant United States Attorney (Glenn T. Suddaby, United States Attorney for the Northern District of New York; Brenda K. Sannes, Stephen C. Green, Assistant United States Attorneys, on the brief), Syracuse, New York City, for Appellee.

Before JACOBS, LEVAL, Circuit Judges, RAKOFF, District Judge.


DENNIS JACOBS, Circuit Judge.

The sole issue on this appeal is whether the International Emergency Economic Powers Act ("IEEPA") constitutes an appropriate delegation of congressional authority to the executive. The IEEPA authorizes the President to regulate financial transactions with foreign countries or nationals in a time of security crisis, and prescribes criminal penalties for violations of the president's regulations...

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