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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsFederal 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 challenge that designation.
"The court concludes international travel is not a mere convenience or luxury in this modern world. Indeed, for many international travel is a necessary aspect of liberties sacred to members of a free society," Brown wrote in her 65-page ruling.
"Accordingly, on this record the court concludes plaintiffs inclusion on the no-fly list constitutes a significant deprivation of their liberty interests in international travel," Brown said.
http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/06/24/us-usa-noflylist-idUSKBN0EZ2EU20140624
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 challenge that designation.
"The court concludes international travel is not a mere convenience or luxury in this modern world. Indeed, for many international travel is a necessary aspect of liberties sacred to members of a free society," Brown wrote in her 65-page ruling.
"Accordingly, on this record the court concludes plaintiffs inclusion on the no-fly list constitutes a significant deprivation of their liberty interests in international travel," Brown said.
http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/06/24/us-usa-noflylist-idUSKBN0EZ2EU20140624
Excellent. The no-fly list in its current form is a Kafkaesque obscenity. If they want to put people on the no-fly list as a criminal penalty, part of the punishment for people found guilty in court beyond a reasonable doubt, and having the normal right of appeal, fine. But nobody should be arbitrarily deprived of the right to fly as they are under the current system.
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Federal judge rules U.S. no-fly list violates Constitution (Original Post)
Nye Bevan
Jun 2014
OP
That's good news. The no-fly list is a crock. I've heard of innocent people including
Louisiana1976
Jun 2014
#2
About time-- how many years has this been used to indiscriminately ruin people's livelihood & rights
hlthe2b
Jun 2014
#3
Excellent....there should be a way to maintain the list, but also reasonably challenge the
msanthrope
Jun 2014
#4
gratuitous
(82,849 posts)1. Judge Anna Brown? It must be Oregon
We'll see if this ruling stands up on appeal. I wonder if the Department of Justice will energetically contest the ruling or if it will shrug and say, "You know, the rights of our citizens come first. Fear-mongering and hyperbole really aren't any way to run the country."
Hey, it could happen! Or not.
Louisiana1976
(3,962 posts)2. That's good news. The no-fly list is a crock. I've heard of innocent people including
children ending up on that list.
hlthe2b
(101,534 posts)3. About time-- how many years has this been used to indiscriminately ruin people's livelihood & rights
now?
msanthrope
(37,549 posts)4. Excellent....there should be a way to maintain the list, but also reasonably challenge the
designation.
derby378
(30,252 posts)5. I say kill the list altogether - the fish stinks from the head down
We'll be purging ourselves of at least one remnant of the Bush administration, and that's a good thing.