Posted on 12/11/2015 8:22:27 AM PST by Behind Liberal Lines
PORTLAND, Ore. -- The federal government has not sufficiently improved the process for people barred from flying over the U.S. to challenge their placement on the no-fly list, lawyers for six people on the list told a federal judge Wednesday.
Attorneys from the American Civil Liberties union said the government is not providing enough information for people labeled as potential terrorists to clear their names.
U.S. District Judge Anna Brown of Portland, Oregon did not immediately rule in the case.
Brown ruled last year that the government offers no adequate method for people to contest the travel ban, depriving them of constitutional rights.
In response, federal authorities created an appeals process.
The ACLU says the new rules don't give people enough information to offer a reasonable defense. The group says people deprived of their right to travel must have a chance to see the evidence against them and any information that might benefit them, challenge accusers and offer a defense before a neutral decision-maker.
The case was originally filed in 2010
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How about iuf you are NOT a us citizen and you are on the no fly list you get deported.
That would solve a good portion of the problem right there.
If 2nd Amendment rights get tied to the no fly list, this will be ripe for a court challenge.
And how you end up on the list is not clear, either. Who’s to say it could not be linked to something like, say, a Tea Party organization affiliation?
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