Supreme Court Won't Hear Body-Scanner Appeal

stevegee58 writes "After a long string of legal setbacks, the case brought by Jonathan Corbett challenging TSA's use of full body scanners and enhanced pat-downs has come to an end. Today the Supreme Court declined to hear the case, so current TSA practices will stand. The TSA started allowing the use of the advanced imaging technology in October 2010."

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Re:well,

[ganjadude]

I hate to say it but I kind of figured that nothing would come of it. It seems the same thing always happens.

step one - enact something that pisses off damn near everyone

Tell the angry mob that you will look into it and something will be done

quietly drop it when the mass forgets about it because OHHHH SHINEY!

Re:well,

[tsaoutofourpants]

"Examining the junk" of an adult, or photographing the same naked, isn't traditionally a lawful governmental objective either. But it becomes more obvious how wrong it is when you think of the children, elderly, handicapped, breast cancer survivors, rape survivors, etc., that have to deal with this nonsense.