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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. Tried to RTFA... by meringuoid · · Score: 5, Informative

    ... but broken link. It looks like some helpful filter somewhere replaced a double hyphen with a dash. Article here.

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  2. CNN link to someone doing it. by BitterOldGUy · · Score: 5, Informative

    Airline pilot sues

  3. Re:Time To Push Back on the Bastards! by stephanruby · · Score: 5, Informative

    Finally, the US Courts are getting wise to the abuses we Americans have been subjected to in the name of battling terrorism.

    Hopefully, this will come in time for this commercial pilot, he has 15 days to get off the no-fly-list -- or he's going to lose his job.

  4. Re:Of course. by morgan_greywolf · · Score: 5, Informative

    Gotta love the government being immune to anybody on American soil suing them.

    But the government is not immune to being sued. Suing the government is a Constitutional right and a favorite American pastime! Furthermore, any creation of 'No Sue' list as mentioned would be a violation of your Constitutional right to petition the government for a redress of issues.

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