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Federal judge rules U.S. no-fly list violates Constitution
(Reuters) - The U.S. government's no-fly list banning people accused of links to terrorism from commercial flights violates their constitutional rights because it gives them no meaningful way to contest that decision, a federal judge ruled on Tuesday. U.S. District Judge Anna Brown, ruling on a lawsuit filed in federal court in Oregon by 13 Muslim Americans who were branded with the no-fly status, ordered the government to come up with new procedures that allow people on the no-fly list to… (www.reuters.com) Más...I happen to be an airline pilot in Canada and have traveled to the USA many times up until 2 years ago when I was told I was possibly on the No-Fly-List. Never got confirmation nor denial of me being on the list and my only POSSIBLE crime is I am Muslim and was born in Beirut. I don't know if that is the crime I am guilty of but I have no means of fixing this BS. There needs to be a way to find out the reason and a method to get off this discriminative list.
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Judge: No-Fly List Violates Constitutional Right to Travel
A federal judge held that the redress procedures for the U.S. government’s no-fly list are unconstitutional and that the list itself deprived 13 people of their constitutional right to travel.
In 2010, 13 people, including four military veterans, challenged the government concerning their placement on the list. In her 65-page opinion issued Tuesday, U.S. District Court Judge Anna Brown wrote that current procedures provide inadequate means for appeal...
http://www.frequentbusinesstraveler.com/2014/06/judge-no-fly-list-violates-constitutional-right-to-travel/
Judge: No-Fly List Violates Constitutional Right to Travel
A federal judge held that the redress procedures for the U.S. government’s no-fly list are unconstitutional and that the list itself deprived 13 people of their constitutional right to travel.
In 2010, 13 people, including four military veterans, challenged the government concerning their placement on the list. In her 65-page opinion issued Tuesday, U.S. District Court Judge Anna Brown wrote that current procedures provide inadequate means for appeal...
http://www.frequentbusinesstraveler.com/2014/06/judge-no-fly-list-violates-constitutional-right-to-travel/
Federal judge is not in command of an aircraft and responsible for the lives of hundreds of passengers. Just like the captain of a ship at sea, a pilot should have the final say about whom is inside the aircraft when it leaves the ground and not some unknowing judge who mis-interprets the Constitution - or bastardizes it for his or the current government adminisrtations own agenda purposes.
The captain DOES have the final say, and can kick anyone out of his/her airplane.
This case has NOTHING to do with that. This case is about a government agency operating outside the law, putting people in black lists with no explanation and no meaningful way to challenge it.
Also, being paranoid and delusional about "safety" does not give anyone the "right" to violate someone else's rights. It just means you have a mental illness.
This case has NOTHING to do with that. This case is about a government agency operating outside the law, putting people in black lists with no explanation and no meaningful way to challenge it.
Also, being paranoid and delusional about "safety" does not give anyone the "right" to violate someone else's rights. It just means you have a mental illness.
Just as a business owner does though, he better have a reason, because it will come back around thru the company, which ultimately will have to defend his decision. It was not always like that until we got all this enlightened law. Used to be common sense applied before it died and was buried a few years ago.
Without legal protections, there would be rampant discrimination. It shouldn't be that way, but that's how people are.
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