John Gilmore reicht Klage vor Supreme Court ein

von markus um 13:02 am Freitag, 18. August 2006

Ars Technica berichtet, dass John Gilmore mittlerweile beim Supreme Court angelangt ist:John Gilmore wants to board planes without showing ID. Er klagt seit 2002 auf das Recht, innerhalb der USA fliegen zu können, ohne dabei seinen Ausweis vorlegen zu müssen. Die US-Regierung hatte ein Gesetz dagegen verabschiedet, was “aus Sicherheitsgründen” aber nicht kommuniziert worden war…

His court battle now goes before the highest court in the country, where a petition was filed by lawyers at Akin Gump. Supreme Court cases present a larger question that will be argued before the justices. In this case, the question is: “May the government keep secret a directive that is generally applicable to millions of passengers every day notwithstanding that it (i) has acknowledged both the directive’s existence and its contents, and moreover (ii) has identified no special circumstance that nonetheless justifies secrecy.”

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