Not only liberal but the 9th has a very high percentage of its cases overthrown. David R -------------- Original message -------------- From: Roger LaFrance <lafrance@xxxxxxxxxxx> > This is surprising from the liberal 9th. > > ID check at U.S. airports not unconstitutional - court > SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Airlines and the U.S government have the right to > keep passengers from boarding planes if they refuse to show personal > identification, a U.S. appeals court ruled on Thursday. John Gilmore, > co-founder of the Electronic Frontier Foundation, an online civil liberties > group, sued after Southwest and United Airlines in 2002 both did not allow him > on board their flights when he refused to show any ID. In court filing, he > argued that requiring identification from airline passengers was > unconstitutional, but a three-judge panel of U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals > disagreed. "We hold that neither the identification policy nor its > application to Gilmore violated Gilmore's constitutional rights, and therefore > we deny the petition," Judge Richard Paez wrote. "The Constitution does not > guarantee the right to travel by any particular form of transportation." "He > was not threatened with arrest or some other form of punishment; rather he > simply was told that > unless he complied with the policy, he would not be permitted to board the > plane. There was no penalty for noncompliance." The United States has stepped > up its scrutiny of identification cards at airports over the past decade, with > additional checks added after the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks when hijacked > commercial jets flew into the World Trade Center. > > > > > > > > > Roger & Amanda La France