Federal Judge Strikes Obama´s Indefinite Detention Law

A federal judge in N.Y. has blocked part of a federal law allowing the government to indefinitely detain terrorism suspects.

Judge Katherine Forest said she backs a group of prominent journalists and academics who maintained that a provision in the new defense spending bill violated their rights.

"Courts must safeguard core constitutional rights," Forest declared. The law was signed by President Obama Dec. 31, 2011.