Word: cuba
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Boudin said that if needed, he will reintroduce the suit in a lower court and force the government to prove that private individuals travelling to Cuba pose a threat to national security Hubbard's group contends that a 1977 law required the President to consult Congress and declare a state of emergency before restricting travel...
...wanted to be low key about it," she said. "It is our contention that the right to travel is a constitutionally guaranteed right--that you don't have to be a newspaper reporter, or a politician, or a football player, or a Cuban visiting relatives to go to Cuba...
Under the current law only professional researchers, news media, official visits and visits to relatives in Cuba are permitted...
Restrictions on travel to Cuba were first imposed by President Kennedy in 1963 under the authority of the Trading With the Enemy Act President, Carter, however, substantially eased the restrictions in 1977 and The number of Americans travelling to Cuba climbed quickly...
...however, include a grandfather clause which allowed any restrictions in place in July 1977 to remain. Since Carter had lifted the restrictions concerning Cuba on March 28, Hubbard's suit contended that Reagan's reinstatement of the restrictions was invalid and to impose them, he would have had to fontually declare a new state of emergency...