Holder v. Humanitarian Law Project

561 U.S. 1 · U.S. Supreme Court

Holding and boundaries

Upheld application of the material-support statute to coordinated training and expert advice for designated foreign terrorist organizations.

Scope and limitations: Independent advocacy remains distinct; designation, knowledge, coordination and statutory definitions are central.

Open authoritative source

13 issue placements

Association Is Not Participation

Holder v. Humanitarian Law Project rejects, narrows, limits, or supplies adverse authority relevant to Association Is Not Participation. Fit tier: Direct. The placement must be used only within the holding and limitations recorded here.

Scope and limitations: Independent advocacy remains distinct; designation, knowledge, coordination and statutory definitions are central.

Verification-state description: authoritative_text_identified; pinpoint_and_currentness_review_required

Civil-Society Freedom & Nonprofit Resilience

Holder v. Humanitarian Law Project rejects, narrows, limits, or supplies adverse authority relevant to Civil-Society Freedom & Nonprofit Resilience. Fit tier: Strong analogue. The placement must be used only within the holding and limitations recorded here.

Scope and limitations: Independent advocacy remains distinct; designation, knowledge, coordination and statutory definitions are central.

Verification-state description: authoritative_text_identified; pinpoint_and_currentness_review_required

Collective Blame, Dual-Loyalty Suspicion & Jewish Identity Conflation

Holder v. Humanitarian Law Project rejects, narrows, limits, or supplies adverse authority relevant to Collective Blame, Dual-Loyalty Suspicion & Jewish Identity Conflation. Fit tier: Contextual. The placement must be used only within the holding and limitations recorded here.

Scope and limitations: Independent advocacy remains distinct; designation, knowledge, coordination and statutory definitions are central.

Verification-state description: authoritative_text_identified; pinpoint_and_currentness_review_required

Conflict Exposure & Community Wellbeing

Holder v. Humanitarian Law Project rejects, narrows, limits, or supplies adverse authority relevant to Conflict Exposure & Community Wellbeing. Fit tier: Contextual. The placement must be used only within the holding and limitations recorded here.

Scope and limitations: Independent advocacy remains distinct; designation, knowledge, coordination and statutory definitions are central.

Verification-state description: authoritative_text_identified; pinpoint_and_currentness_review_required

Diaspora Civic Voice

Holder v. Humanitarian Law Project rejects, narrows, limits, or supplies adverse authority relevant to Diaspora Civic Voice. Fit tier: Direct. The placement must be used only within the holding and limitations recorded here.

Scope and limitations: Independent advocacy remains distinct; designation, knowledge, coordination and statutory definitions are central.

Verification-state description: authoritative_text_identified; pinpoint_and_currentness_review_required

Guilt by Association & Social-Graph Inference

Holder v. Humanitarian Law Project rejects, narrows, limits, or supplies adverse authority relevant to Guilt by Association & Social-Graph Inference. Fit tier: Direct. The placement must be used only within the holding and limitations recorded here.

Scope and limitations: Independent advocacy remains distinct; designation, knowledge, coordination and statutory definitions are central.

Verification-state description: authoritative_text_identified; pinpoint_and_currentness_review_required

Humanitarian Relief, Famine & Forced Displacement

Holder v. Humanitarian Law Project rejects, narrows, limits, or supplies adverse authority relevant to Humanitarian Relief, Famine & Forced Displacement. Fit tier: Direct. The placement must be used only within the holding and limitations recorded here.

Scope and limitations: Independent advocacy remains distinct; designation, knowledge, coordination and statutory definitions are central.

Verification-state description: authoritative_text_identified; pinpoint_and_currentness_review_required

Identity Is Not Agency

Holder v. Humanitarian Law Project rejects, narrows, limits, or supplies adverse authority relevant to Identity Is Not Agency. Fit tier: Strong analogue. The placement must be used only within the holding and limitations recorded here.

Scope and limitations: Independent advocacy remains distinct; designation, knowledge, coordination and statutory definitions are central.

Verification-state description: authoritative_text_identified; pinpoint_and_currentness_review_required

Heritage, Civic Voice & Loyalty Suspicion

Holder v. Humanitarian Law Project rejects, narrows, limits, or supplies adverse authority relevant to Heritage, Civic Voice & Loyalty Suspicion. Fit tier: Strong analogue. The placement must be used only within the holding and limitations recorded here.

Scope and limitations: Independent advocacy remains distinct; designation, knowledge, coordination and statutory definitions are central.

Verification-state description: authoritative_text_identified; pinpoint_and_currentness_review_required

Peacebuilding, Conflict Prevention & Atrocity Prevention

Holder v. Humanitarian Law Project rejects, narrows, limits, or supplies adverse authority relevant to Peacebuilding, Conflict Prevention & Atrocity Prevention. Fit tier: Direct. The placement must be used only within the holding and limitations recorded here.

Scope and limitations: Independent advocacy remains distinct; designation, knowledge, coordination and statutory definitions are central.

Verification-state description: authoritative_text_identified; pinpoint_and_currentness_review_required

Privacy & Surveillance

Holder v. Humanitarian Law Project rejects, narrows, limits, or supplies adverse authority relevant to Privacy & Surveillance. Fit tier: Contextual. The placement must be used only within the holding and limitations recorded here.

Scope and limitations: Independent advocacy remains distinct; designation, knowledge, coordination and statutory definitions are central.

Verification-state description: authoritative_text_identified; pinpoint_and_currentness_review_required

Transnational Repression & Diaspora Safety

Holder v. Humanitarian Law Project rejects, narrows, limits, or supplies adverse authority relevant to Transnational Repression & Diaspora Safety. Fit tier: Direct. The placement must be used only within the holding and limitations recorded here.

Scope and limitations: Independent advocacy remains distinct; designation, knowledge, coordination and statutory definitions are central.

Verification-state description: authoritative_text_identified; pinpoint_and_currentness_review_required

Voluntary Role Authorization

Holder v. Humanitarian Law Project rejects, narrows, limits, or supplies adverse authority relevant to Voluntary Role Authorization. Fit tier: Strong analogue. The placement must be used only within the holding and limitations recorded here.

Scope and limitations: Independent advocacy remains distinct; designation, knowledge, coordination and statutory definitions are central.

Verification-state description: authoritative_text_identified; pinpoint_and_currentness_review_required

Publication and provenance

The authority is published once; issue-specific orientation and fit remain separate placements. Analogue, contextual, and historical-adverse fits are not represented as controlling.

Published under research-publication-clearance-2026-07-21. deterministic validation and objective verification are not claimed.