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U.S. v. MEHANNA
United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit (2013) | 735 F.3d 32
TL;DR: A man was convicted of providing material support to al-Qa'ida for traveling to Yemen to seek terrorist training and for translating jihadi materials. The court affirmed, holding the Yemen trip evidence was sufficient and that speech coordinated with a terrorist group is not constitutionally protected.
Legal Significance: The case clarifies the boundary between protected advocacy and criminal material support under 18 U.S.C. § 2339B. It affirms that speech "in coordination with" a foreign terrorist organization, as articulated in *Holder v. Humanitarian Law Project*, lacks First Amendment protection and can constitute a criminal act.