I'm happy they will test the legality of these searches in court.
I think the real reason behind these searches is to give the politicians a way out in the event we are attacked.
That way they can say at least we were trying to prevent it.
Since these searches will do little if anything to prevent an attack, it's just as well they do away with them.
The politicians will still have a way out: if an attack does happen, the politicians can blame the "leftist" judges and the ACLU for stopping the searches.
These searches are nothing more than "window-dressing," as everyone knows they are utterly ineffective at preventing any kind of terrorist attack (particularly in the way they are carried out -- where people can turn around and walk out of the subway station if they don't want to be searched). The real reason for these searches is that they give the public some kind of assurance that their all-knowing, benevolent government is "doing something" on their behalf.
There's really nothing more to it. The NYCLU is opposed to these searches because they represent some kind of violation of our "civil liberties." I'm opposed to these searches because: 1) they are a waste of time and money, and 2) it is pointless to "protect" the citizenry in a jursidiction (New York City) whose very existence has largely been a violation of our "civil liberties" from top to bottom.
What amazes me is that the same people who decry how wrong this type of action is think Lincoln was one of the greatest presidents...
ROFL!
I wish the things Lincoln did during the war were widely taught in school.