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Airplanes / Aviation, Constitutional Law, Federal Judges, Privacy, Travel / Vacation
Two Minutes of Terrorist Triumph: Alone With the TSA
Elie Mystal's objections to the TSA and the invasive search techniques they employ have been well documented on Above the Law. He believes their tactics are violative of our rights and would be deemed unconstitutional in any America where courts placed justice ahead of fear. He believes citizens who support these procedures do not deserve the liberty they so eagerly toss aside. And he believed all of that before he was actually molested by the TSA just last week.... -
Airplanes / Aviation, Lawsuit of the Day, Privacy, Travel / Vacation
Lawsuit of the Day: Asking For Proof Of Panties Is One Way To Put Them in a Bunch
Did JetBlue go too far in its passenger screening procedures? One New York woman alleges that a JetBlue employee demanded not just proof of identification, but proof of... panties. 
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Airplanes / Aviation, Crime, Gay
JetBlue Flight Attendant Steven Slater Pleads Guilty
In a reader poll we took back in August, 80 percent of you expressed the view that JetBlue flight attendant Steven Slater, famous for his on-board meltdown and dramatic exit, is not a criminal (or shouldn’t be treated as one). Well, now he is. This morning Steve Slater pled guilty to second-degree attempted criminal mischief, […]
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Airplanes / Aviation, Constitutional Law, Crime, Elizabeth Wurtzel, Gay
Did the JetBlue Flight Attendant Go Down the Slippery Slope Slide to Criminality?
We touched upon this issue in Morning Docket, both today and yesterday: Is Steven Slater — the JetBlue flight attendant who reportedly unleashed a profanity-laced tirade over the airplane’s public-address system, before fleeing the plane via the emergency-evacuation chute, beer in hand — a criminal? Slater was hit with felony charges of criminal mischief and […]
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