As Expected, Supreme Court Won't Hear Challenge On Naked Scanners
from the no-surprise dept
This will hardly come as a surprise, but Slashdot alerts us to the news that the Supreme Court has chosen not to hear John Corbett’s quixotic appeal against the legality of the naked scanners now being commonly used in airports (though, via upgrades, there’s now less nudity involved). The legal effort was a long shot from the beginning. Corbett has been on a crusade against the machines, which I appreciate — but his efforts sometimes seem to go too far, and didn’t do much to help his case.
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Comments on “As Expected, Supreme Court Won't Hear Challenge On Naked Scanners”
Surprising? Nope.
P*ssies
That is all
of course they wont….Obama told them not too..until after hes bought his reelection…I mean the November election….
So lets add entry to SCOTUS to the naked scanner required areas.
I’ve often thought that if we forced them to put up with the crap they inflict upon us lesser folks they might suddenly change their tune about caring.
While he’s been over the top, the sheer amount of BS being peddled in the name of safety requires someone making as absurd things in response.
Of course SCOTUS won’t hear it – there isn’t really anything to resolve here that isn’t being dealt with in the lower courts. SCOTUS generally wants contradictory rulings, or wants a legal challenge to be based in some way on something that cannot be decided at a lower level.
This doesn’t make it there at all.
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Corporations are people my friend.
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Today I learned violation of your rights is ok if the lower courts agree to it.
Who knows who they’re selling access to their database of semi-naked pictures to, that is besides the government which only wants to protect you.
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SCOTUS resolves issues when they are big enough. There isn’t enough here for them to waste their time. There are plenty of better cases to have on the docket. Maybe a year or two from now, maybe this one might rise up to that level, but for the moment, it’s still in motion in the lower courts and in the real world. Why would SCOTUS get in now, on what appears to be a fairly light argument to start with?
They did the wisest thing, they passed on it.
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Oh, so now SCOTUS resolve the really big issues even when the lower courts are all in agreement. Got it.
I see you are scheduling the docket, any additional insight?
Wow, it’s a good thing you are on top of this – otherwise the SCOTUS might have heard cases which should be left on the back burner for a few more years.
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I doubt the naked pics are worth much, the real money is being made selling worthless machinery.
Put the scanners at all entrances to all government buildings, including the white house.
After all, we can?t be too safe with our government leaders.
Why?
Why are Americans all so uptight about being seen naked?
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Obama buying his re-election? I guess you must be one of the half-wits planning to vote for that cardboard cut-out Romney.
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They are all puppets to me, man. A vote to either candidate is a half-wit vote. You have to turn a blind eye to 80% of either candidates’ actions to believe either is worth your vote.
The supreme court can SUCK IT!
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no, I am one of those “half-wits” who know that my and your vote for the President of America, has no meaning, American citizens do not choose their President