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People On No-Fly List Can Sue In District Court

Posted by samzenpus on from the take-them-to-court dept.

I Don't Believe in Imaginary Property writes "According to a new ruling, those put on the No-Fly List can challenge their inclusion in federal court. Previously, they had to go directly to an appellate court, which would deprive them of any chance to subpoena documents or witnesses and make gathering evidence difficult or impossible. Knowing the government, they will get around this by creating a 'No-Sue' list and making it even harder to change your name."

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  1. What's this feeling I'm having? by BitterOldGUy · · Score: 5, Funny
    That notion struck Chief Judge Alex Kozinski as nonsensical....

    The appeals court, overturning the lower court, is also allowing Ibrahim to sue Bondanella personally. She alleges that his order to detain her violated her constitutional rights, since the no-fly list is not a list of wanted terrorists, but rather a list of people suspected of being too dangerous to board a plane.

    Could it be? No! It can't be!!

    Why, I'm starting to have faith in the system again! I better turn off my internet connection, my TV, and cancel my Economist subscription before the feeling goes away!

  2. Let me see if I got this stright... by SplinterOfChaos · · Score: 5, Funny

    So, you get on this list that says you're such a threat to the nation, we don't want you flying planes, and we do this without permission because this guy's DANGEROUS. Yet, they're so little a threat that a court case can get them off the list.

    And who said there are no good comedians in the US?

  3. dance off by RemoWilliams84 · · Score: 5, Funny

    I was put on the no fly list when I challenged some guy to a dance off and got served.

    --
    "I don't have to think. I only have to do it. The results are always perfect, but that's old news." - Meat Puppets
  4. Re:Of course. by MrNaz · · Score: 4, Funny

    would be a violation of your Constitutional right

    And of course, the government would never violate your constitutional rights.

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    I hate printers.
  5. Re:Terrorism? This stuff is cake compared to befor by Akita24 · · Score: 5, Funny

    Waaaa, waaaaa, the govenment, waaaaa. Suck it up. TheGovernment, at least so far, was put there by you, me, and the asshole sitting next to you who wouldn't know a real issue from the drivel he was told to care about by Fox, CNN or his f'ing priest. Maybe if half as many of the proles who vote for American Idiot^h^h^hIdol would quit crying about TheGovernment and go f'ing vote for something that actually matters, we wouldn't be in this hole. Next time you want to whine about TheGovernment, I suggest you look in the mirror and/or at the asshole sitting in the cube next to you at work. This mess is collectively Our fault.

  6. Re:CNN link to someone doing it. by KevinIsOwn · · Score: 5, Funny
    The best part of that article:

    Besides the airline pilot, there's the James Robinson who served as U.S. attorney in Detroit, Michigan, and as an assistant attorney general in the Clinton administration; and James Robinson of California, who loves tennis, swimming and flying to the East Coast to see his grandmother.

    He's 8.

    The third-grader has been on the watch list since he was 5 years old. Asked whether he is a terrorist, he said, "I don't know."

    The list clearly works! He doesn't know whether or not he's a terorrist!