Judge Rules Against Government in No-Fly List Case

This is what happens when you allow the security agency set policy. Homeland security is littered with decision makers that had to struggle to finish high school. They write no tolerance policy rules that ignore the Constitution and the American notions of justice.

The no-fly list is a noble effort, but requires an intelligent process of appeal for those caught in a similar name trap. We have all seen the stories of the Swedish grandmother or a six year old named Mohammed placed on the list and be unable to get relief. A simple list of names without additional identification details and biometric data is useless.

The woman in this case is a contributing member of society, intelligent enough to be accepted at no less a university than Stanford, and simply wished to visit family in Malaysia. I think a two hour delay at the airport to verify she was not a threat to the flight through careful examination of her person and luggage is reasonable for a name match, but to cancel her visa and refuse her return to her studies for NINE years is inexcusable. The writ of mandate from the Court is testament to that.

Hopefully the government will not appeal, and get someone who earns enough in the Justice Department to own a Mont Blanc pen to write a policy that has true administrative relief for persons harmed by the current ridiculous regulations.

This nations pathetic leadership, both in the oval office and congress, and at many levels below is our problem. Until we fix that, we're screwed.

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