Pa. (Supreme Court) Justice Pays Fine for Carrying Knife

HARRISBURG, Pa. -- A state Supreme Court justice said Friday he paid a $750 federal fine for trying to sneak a pocketknife on board an airplane last month.

"I just wanted to get this matter behind me," Justice Thomas G. Saylor Jr. said. "Really, my only comment is ... I did a really dumb thing, which I obviously regret."

Saylor and his wife were going through a checkpoint for a flight from Harrisburg International Airport when screeners found a Swiss Army-type knife attached to his key chain, police said.

The knife was later found in a shoe inside his carry-on luggage when Saylor went back through the screening area a second time, police said.

Saylor said the knife was a gift from a friend that he did not want to give up.

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cigar lighter that they wouldn't let me take on the plane (it's a torch! they said), so i had to go back and check it at a counter for $15. luckily, the counter was open when i returned as well, so i was able to get it back.

YOU should be the judge. This guy knew what he was doing, but dopey rule or no, you or I would follow the law. We should BOTH be judges! LOL

Aren't the airport laws federal? Homeland Security type laws? What class law can a Supreme Court Justice break and still be fit?

I just hope they knew he was a judge and embarrassed the heck out of him for trying to sneak it through the second time.