Thursday, January 26, 2006
Loony Liberal Imbecile Slapped Down - By the Liberal 9th Circuit Court of Appeals
A man named John Gilmore, a millionaire liberal from San Francisco, tried to get on two planes without showing identification, claiming that showing it was an "illegal search" and "violated his rights to travel freely."
The 9th Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco, the most liberal court in the US, rejected this nutjob's case.
Appeals court upholds airport ID policy
All we can say is: Loony, loony, loony...
A man named John Gilmore, a millionaire liberal from San Francisco, tried to get on two planes without showing identification, claiming that showing it was an "illegal search" and "violated his rights to travel freely."
The 9th Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco, the most liberal court in the US, rejected this nutjob's case.
Appeals court upholds airport ID policy
SAN FRANCISCO - An appeals court Thursday dismissed a Libertarian Party activist's legal challenge to federal airport regulations requiring passengers to show identification before they can board planes.
The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals rejected claims by millionaire John Gilmore, an early employee of Sun Microsystems Inc., that the policy constituted an illegal search and violated his right to travel freely.
After privately reviewing the government's identification policy that was not disclosed in court for security reasons, an unanimous three-judge panel said the policy was not overly intrusive or illegal. Gilmore, the court ruled, could leave the airport if he didn't want to show his ID and had other ways to get around besides air travel.
"We reject Gilmore's right to travel argument because the Constitution does not guarantee the right to travel by any particular form of transportation," Judge Richard Paez wrote.
The court also rejected assertions that the act of showing identification was an illegal search.
All we can say is: Loony, loony, loony...
