Supreme Court Won't KO Airport ID Policy Article Tools Sponsored By By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Published: January 8, 2007 Filed at 10:42 a.m. ET WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Supreme Court on Monday rejected a challenge to federal airport regulations requiring passengers to show identification before they board planes. The justices, without comment, let stand an appeals court ruling against Libertarian activist and millionaire John Gilmore. Gilmore wanted the court to force the federal government to disclose the policy that requires passengers to produce identification. Unless the regulations are made public, air travelers have no way to determine if the regulations call for impermissible searches, Gilmore said in court papers. The Justice Department has said that demanding ID protects passengers' safety. The case is Gilmore v. Gonzales, 06-211. ------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------------- You are subscribed as rah@shipwright.com To manage your subscription, go to http://v2.listbox.com/member/?listname=ip Archives at: Archives: http://archives.listbox.com/247/ Modify Your Subscription: http://v2.listbox.com/member/?member_id=3305309&user_secret=4f0ee8e8 Unsubscribe: http://v2.listbox.com/unsubscribe/?id=3305309-4f0ee8e8-dj6aeopy Powered by Listbox: http://www.listbox.com --- end forwarded text -- ----------------- R. A. Hettinga <mailto: rah@ibuc.com> The Internet Bearer Underwriting Corporation <http://www.ibuc.com/> 44 Farquhar Street, Boston, MA 02131 USA "... however it may deserve respect for its usefulness and antiquity, [predicting the end of the world] has not been found agreeable to experience." -- Edward Gibbon, 'Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire'