Court: Terror War Can't Curtail Liberties

[lovuian]

http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/20041016/ap_on_re_us/protesters_terrorism_2



Court: Terror War Can't Curtail Liberties

42 minutes ago U.S. National - AP


By C.G. WALLACE, Associated Press Writer

ATLANTA - Fears of a terrorist attack are not sufficient reason for authorities to search people at a protest, a federal appeals court has ruled, saying Sept. 11 "cannot be the day liberty perished."



The 11th Circuit Court of Appeals ruled Friday that protesters may not be required to pass through metal detectors when they gather next month for a rally against a U.S. training academy for Latin American soldiers.

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Whoo Hoo!!!

[havocmom]

1. Junta will start in again, bitching about 'activist judges'.

Yeah, those dammed judges who actively protect the Constitution.

Hooray for those judges! They are real patriots.

[DaveSZ]

2. Right

Judges who don't bend to fascism are deemed "activist judges."

[freetobegay]

3. Refresh my memory isn't this a more conservative appeals court?

If it is it's great news!

[asjr]

5. I get the impression lately some judges be they R or D are

getting pissed off at Shrub trying to legislate law all on his own.

[Boredtodeath]

9. No, it's not conservative

Except for the right wing judge Bush just put on the bench there via executive order when the senate was on break.

They're not a liberal court, but far from reliably conservative either. Remember, in 2000, the Bush team skipped this court and went straight to the Supremes. They SHOULD have appealed the Florida decisions to this body and didn't. There was a reason for that - the bench wasn't reliably on their side.

[freetobegay]

13. Thanks for the information.

[neomonkey]

4. Hooray, but also, hmmm....

Is it conceivable this could one day land in the laps of the USSC?

That's where any sense of optimism crashes to a halt for me...

[Philostopher]

7. Worries me, too.

Especially if we end up with another four years of the Naked Emperor first, and he puts another activist judge on the court like Long Dong Silver or Orgy Boy.

[saigon68]

14. Haven't heard much from old LONG DONG lately

He just sits and lets Orgy Boy ask all the questions.

[Philostopher]

16. They share a brain cell.

Maybe the orgies keep Sclerotic's mouth good and oiled.

[hang a left]

8. It most definitely will IMO.

There hasn't been a ruling yet that hasn't been challenged all the way up to the USSC.

[lumpy]

6. Important decision

regarding US Constitutional rights. Hope the word gets out that some courts regard the Constitution as crucial to preserving Democracy.

[IndianaGreen]

11. It is a victory for civil liberties (assuming SCOTUS doesn't overrule)

"We cannot simply suspend or restrict civil liberties until the War of Terror is over, because the War on Terror is unlikely ever to be truly over," Judge Gerald Tjoflat wrote for the three-member court. "September 11, 2001, already a day of immeasurable tragedy, cannot be the day liberty perished in this country."

http://www.cnn.com/2004/LAW/10/16/protesters.terrorism.ap/index.html

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

10. You lose another one Chimpy

[George_S]

12. He got some mileage before he crashed

Good think he won't be in the driver's seat for another 4.

[Zorra]

15. The fact that this was even considered is a victory for all terrorists,

especially Bu$h and the PNAC. There is nothing that Bu$h and the PNAC would like more than for innocent people to be stopped and searched by the police as often as possible.

Once John Kerry is elected all of this craziness will begin to disappear, and eventually we will no longer have to worry about terrorism ever again (except domestic terrorism from neo-nazi like freepers.

If Bu$h stays in the WH, every day in America will be a day of fear fueled by blood thirsty, profit oriented corporate warmongers bent on using fear to control our country.