ACLU Sues DHS Over Unlawful Searches and Detention

gavron writes "The ACLU has filed suit against DHS to stop the TSA from conducting illegal searches and detention. In the case at hand, TSA detained a Ron Paul staffer who was carrying $4,300 in cash in a metal box. The suit seeks to focus TSA searches on things having to do with increasing security on aircraft, instead of their current practice of 4th-amendment-violating searches, such as those of laptops, iPods, etc."

Whoa...

[MyLongNickName]

... a Ron Paul staffer with cash? I thought they all carried gold bouillon.

They haven't forgot about the 2nd Amendment

[davidwr]

It's just take a number and they aren't finished defending the First Amendment yet.

Re:Whoa...

[Deadstick]

gold bouillon

That would really taste awful.

rj

Re:Why, oh why.

[0xdeadbeef]

I hate the ACLU with a passion, however and as in this case, they have their uses.

This is why I give money to the NRA. People like this guy are the first to form a mob when some demagogue starts telling them to go after a scapegoat. I hope if anything good is to come out of the recent wash of right-wing terrorism, it is convincing liberals of the danger of these kooks and the necessity of the second amendment to keep them in line.

Re:Why, oh why.

[BlueKitties]

As a seasoned Internet tough guy and self proclaimed Culture Warrior (see:ireadorielly--notthetechpublisher) it is my duty to tell you the truth about the ACLU; they aren't interested in your rights, they're interested in aiding the Secular Progressive to turn America into an Atheist Communist Regigm with Rush Limbaugh as as brilliant comrade autocratic leader, and where Christians will be shot on sight -- except Muslims, they can teach Islam in school.

Re:United States of America v. $124,700

[DriedClexler]

Wow, it appears the $124,700 took the Fifth. Ballsy move there.

Re:Whoa...

[fuzzyfuzzyfungus]

But most of them like the schlager, rather than the gold...

Good thing it wasn't O'hare

[mcgrew]

FTFA: "Bierfeldt recorded the audio of the entire incident with his iPhone."

That's a felony in Illinois, and the recording would have been inadmissable in court. Yes, my legislators are liars who don't want to be caught doing something dishonest because of recorded proof. Of course, my previous Governor is headed to court (then hopefully prison) and the guy before that is sitting in prison right now.

And people wonder why our country is in such bad shape...

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[Anonymous Coward]

"Bierfeldt recorded the audio of the entire incident with his iPhone."

Need to make a record of your Constitutional rights being violated?
There's an app for that.