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eggplant

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24. It was filed over three years ago.

Reply to indepat (Reply #20)

Sun Sep 1, 2013, 02:40 AM

Sep 2013

Read the ACLU's press release:

https://www.aclu.org/national-security/federal-court-sides-aclu-no-fly-list-lawsuit

The national ACLU, along with its affiliates in Oregon, Southern California, Northern California, and New Mexico, filed the lawsuit in June 2010. It represents 13 U.S. citizens, including four military veterans, who are on the No Fly List and banned from flying to or from the U.S. or over American airspace. In July 2012, the 9th Circuit Appeals Court reversed the district court's dismissal of the case on jurisdictional grounds, and now the district court is considering the case on its merits.

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Judge Rules Americans Have A Right To Air Travel, Takes Aim At ‘No Fly’ List [View all] KittyWampus Aug 2013 OP

Yes! gopiscrap Aug 2013 #1

I applaud any move to expand our rights . . . . Agnosticsherbet Aug 2013 #2

I'm sure Fat Tony and the other fascists will fix that. Hassin Bin Sober Aug 2013 #3

Thank heaven sedan chairs were out of fashion by then. Morning Dew Aug 2013 #12

This is an important point. Thanks for posting. cthulu2016 Aug 2013 #4

Exactly.....priveleges can be taken away, but not rights. dixiegrrrrl Aug 2013 #5

Rights can be taken away, but only through due process NutmegYankee Sep 2013 #26

+1,000,000!!! I have been on that stupid list since 12/2001! Dustlawyer Aug 2013 #6

They assigned you an FBI agent? The only upsides (black humor) are you made a new friend AND KittyWampus Aug 2013 #8

1 out of 2 ain't bad! I took the whole family to Jamaica! Dustlawyer Sep 2013 #25

+10 to the ninth power indepat Aug 2013 #21

You would think that if the founding fathers had meant for us to travel by air... eggplant Aug 2013 #7

And E-mails and the Internet. RC Aug 2013 #9

ROTFL. eggplant Aug 2013 #16

Excellent. The No Fly List is an absolute Orwellian obscenity. (nt) Nye Bevan Aug 2013 #10

Since 9/11, the government has done everything they can to destroy air travel. Initech Aug 2013 #11

OMG! I am CRYING! Free at last! Free at last! Demeter Aug 2013 #13

Thought they'd use the assumption of innocence.... Spitfire of ATJ Aug 2013 #14

Such a ruling was warranted the day the no-fly list appeared in it present form. Where the eff indepat Aug 2013 #15

they've been waiting for someone with standing to file suit. n/t eggplant Aug 2013 #17

If no one has bothered or cared to file a lawsuit, then it must not have been a problem indepat Aug 2013 #18

I don't understand your point. eggplant Aug 2013 #19

Don't understand why it has taken so long for a lawsuit to be filed indepat Aug 2013 #20

It was filed over three years ago. eggplant Sep 2013 #24

This is something Pres Obama could have taken care of years ago. nm rhett o rick Sep 2013 #22

THANK YOU. snot Sep 2013 #23