janelane wrote:
] ] ATLANTA, Georgia (AP) -- Fears of a terrorist attack are
] ] not sufficient reason for authorities to search people at
] ] a protest, a federal appeals court has ruled, saying
] ] September 11, 2001, "cannot be the day liberty perished."
] ]
] ] A three-judge panel of the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals
] ] ruled unanimously Friday that protesters may not be
] ] required to pass through metal detectors when they
] gather
] ] next month for a rally against a U.S. training academy
] ] for Latin American soldiers.
] ]
] ] Authorities began using the metal detectors at the annual
] ] School of the Americas protest after the terrorist
] ] attacks, but the court found that practice to be
] ] unconstitutional.
] ]
] ] "We cannot simply suspend or restrict civil liberties
] ] until the War of Terror is over, because the War on
] ] Terror is unlikely ever to be truly over," Judge Gerald
] ] Tjoflat wrote for the three-member court. "September 11,
] ] 2001, already a day of immeasurable tragedy, cannot be
] ] the day liberty perished in this country."
]
] This....this happened in Georgia. This is the last state on
] Earth I would have expected to a raise a big "F*ck you" to the
] Patriot Act.
]
] -janelane

Yes, and I would love to see a bomb go off and kill all of those protestors as a big "FUCK you" to all of the so-called defenders of constitutional rights. Walking through a metal detector is not too much to ask for safety. Real freedom comes with responsibility and prudence. Sometimes it required a sacrifice. You wanna protect constitutional rights? Then help outlaw the practice of police roadside searches for drugs and outlaw drug tests. Let's fight Big Brother. I would gladly walk through a hall of metal detectors for that cause.

RE: CNN.com - Terror fears don't trump Constitution, court rules - Oct 16, 2004