Appeals court bars search of protesters

[David Farber <dave () farber net>]

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From: Steve Bellovin <smb () research att com>
Date: October 16, 2004 5:51:40 PM GMT+01:00
To: dave () farber net
Subject: Appeals court bars search of protesters

http://www.macon.com/mld/macon/news/politics/9937540.htm

Appeals Court rules that metal detectors at protests is unconstitutional

C.G. WALLACE

Associated Press

ATLANTA - A federal appeals court has ruled that fears of terrorism
cannot be used as an excuse to search protesters at an annual rally
against a U.S. training academy for Latin American soldiers.

The Friday ruling by the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals will allow
SOA Watch protesters to gather at Fort Benning without having to
pass through metal detectors.

The court found the practice of routing the protesters through the
detectors - which began after the 9/11 terrorist attacks - to be
unconstitutional, violating the First and Fourth Amendments.

"We cannot simply suspend or restrict civil liberties until the
War on Terror is over, because the War on Terror is unlikely ever
to be truly over. Sept. 11, 2001, already a day of immeasurable
tragedy, cannot be the day liberty perished in this country," the
ruling said.

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                --Steve Bellovin, http://www.research.att.com/~smb


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