ACLU Lawsuit Against No-Fly List Continues In Portland

Today, American Civil Liberties Union attorney Nusrat Choudhury is in Portland arguing to a federal appeals court panel of judges a lawsuit challenging the government's "no-fly" list ought to be reinstated.

The ACLU lawsuit, first filed in 2010 on behalf of 15 plaintiffs who'd been placed on the list—including U.S. military veterans—was dismissed one year ago by U.S. District Judge Anna J. Brown of Portland.

Brown's opinion (pdf) said her court lacked jurisdiction in the case and that it ought to have been filed against the Transportation Security Administration, rather than other federal law enforcement agencies.

"Yet, in court filings, the government itself admitted that the Transportation Security Administration plays only a ministerial role, and it is the [FBI-managed] Terrorist Screening Center that makes the decision to put people on the No-Fly List or remove them," Choudhury, pictured, writes on her blog, summarizing her arguments today to the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals panel.

She goes on:

here

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