The ACLU says a U.S. district judge has taken a step
toward ruling the no-fly list wholly unconstitutional.
This
May 11, 2012, photo shows Nusrat Chadoury, lead attorney for the
plaintiffs, National ACLU National Security Program, talking with
reporters following oral arguments on the ACLU No Fly List challenge, in
Portland, Ore. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer, File)
On Wednesday a federal court partially ruled
against the U.S. government’s secretive “no-fly list,” agreeing with
the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) that the list violated the
constitutional rights of 13 Americans, including four military veterans,
whose names were on the list.
U.S. District Judge Anna Brown ruled
that the 13 Americans “have a constitutionally protected liberty
interest” in traveling internationally via air travel. Inclusion on the
list, Brown indicated, smears an individual as a suspected terrorist,
which can result in a violation of those person’s constitutional rights.
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