] 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

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