On Sat, 3 Nov 2001, Justin Schwartz wrote:
> Bigotry is constitutionally protected, but so is opposing the war. I hope
> Oden and the Greens contact the ACLU or the NLG and sue the hell out of the
> government and the airlines, acting as the govt's agent and in concert with
> them. Punitive damages are available under 42 USC 1983 for violations of
> your constitutional rights, not only, here, First Amendment rights, but also
> her rights of interstate travel, a privile and immunity under the 14th
> amendment This is blatantly illegal and very scary. Welcome to the era of
> the USA Patriot Act, where you have to destroy democracy in order to save
> it. End the war now! jks
I'm glad our lawyer verified my common sense reaction that this is blatantly illegal. Does the USA Patriot Act really sanction this kind of erasure of the Bill of Rights? You don't need to be a libertarian to find this mighty scary.
Miles