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"Boo hoo. So maybe he gets the Supreme Court to mandate a more open set of laws governing airport security.

That'll be fixed in about, oh, A DAY. In fact I'll bet the Supreme Court will give the Congress and President the leeway to take care of it before they throw the airport system into a frenzy.

Please excuse me if I don't shed a tear if someone doesn't feel like identifying himself before boarding an airplane. I'm sure Mohammed Atta would have appreciated that privilege too."

His court case isn't about being required to show ID. It's about the law, which people are expected to know and obey, being actually available for the public to review.

Unless you're like some nazi SS man who expects the law to be followed because someone in the uniform says it's the law, and no, you lowly peons can't see the text of the law for yourself.

(Did you like how I equated you with a nazi SS thug the same way you equated him with a terrorist? Kinda neat, eh?)

If this happened during the clinton years, and it was janet reno saying "no, you can't see the text of the law", you and everyone else here would be up in arms. That makes you a hypocrite. If you say you wouldn't be doing that, that makes you a liar.

If this happened during the clinton years, and it was janet reno saying "no, you can't see the text of the law", you and everyone else here would be up in arms. That makes you a hypocrite. If you say you wouldn't be doing that, that makes you a liar.

Read what I said in another post above. I honestly have no problem with the ostensible purpose of Gilmore's protest. And in that sense, I do applaud his service to the Constitution.

My problem is, that's really not his ultimate aim. He'd still be fighting if he saw the law. I believe that it is reasonable and necessary for the government to be able to verify who is and is not a citizen of this country. Now perhaps the internal passport issue is far more than that, but let's have that debate separately, without the pretense.

Unless you're like some nazi SS man who expects the law to be followed because someone in the uniform says it's the law, and no, you lowly peons can't see the text of the law for yourself. (Did you like how I equated you with a nazi SS thug the same way you equated him with a terrorist? Kinda neat, eh?)

Oh, and give me friggin' break. I was not equating Gilmore with a terrorist. My point is that we have reasons to confirm the identity of those traveling by air. Gilmore is not a terrorist, but I'd like to feel comfortable knowing that the fellow sitting next to me is Gilmore and not a terrorist posing as him.

Far be it from me to expect you to actually understand my point.