Posted on 10/16/2004 11:12:25 AM PDT by SmithL
ATLANTA (AP) --
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 unanimously 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.
Authorities began using the metal detectors at the annual School of the Americas protest after the 2001 terrorist attacks, but the court found that practice to be unconstitutional.
"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,"
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Did the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals just put a "Kick Me!" sign on the backs of the population?
Prairie
If there is an incident, the 11th will be toast.
what next? I'm really ticked off by this.
They are setting us up for another attack. One day these activist judges will suffer the wrath of the American people.......
A LOT OF THESE PEOPLE ARE SYMPATHETIC TO THE TERRORISTS.
so how do we solve it? I HAVE A PLAN. elect me to find out!
Now... there will be for sure. The liberal-demokkkRAT activist judges are part of the Fifth Column™, and definitely a mainstay of The Enemy Within™.
"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,"
and their point is?
So we all walk around in fear of the hate America/pro-Al Qaeda crowd for ever? I guess this is what Second Amendment freedoms are all about.
The Enemy Within is more dangerous than any terrorist.
"I HAVE A PLAN"
So does sKerry:
http://www.asjewelers.com/FRstuff/7/I_have_a_plan.wmv
Let me get this straight... Don't the judges meet in a courthouse? And don't most, if not all, courthouses have metal detectors?
So it's OK for the judges to be protected with metal detectors, but not anybody else?
The 11th NEEDS to be toast.
hilarious.
You are soooooooooo right, SD!
But sKerry has a plan!
http://www.asjewelers.com/FRstuff/7/I_have_a_plan.wmv
I agree with you.
Are these guys appointed or voted in? And who is paying their salaries?
This is insane.
Can 11th Circuit Court of Appeals be sued?
City officials in Columbus, Ga., contended the searches were needed because of the elevated risk of terrorism, but the court threw out that argument, saying it would "eviscerate the Fourth Amendment."I wonder, does the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals have a metal detector in their building? Does this mean that my county courthouse has to take out their metal detectors?
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