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Date: April 10, 2007 12:43:00 PM PDT
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Subject: Those Who Don't Love Bush Are Under Ambulatory House Arrest
“WHAT IS THIS — THE GESTAPO”?
News by Justin Raimondo, April 9th, 2007
http://www.antiwar.com/blog/2007/04/09/what-is-this-the-gestapo/
Peace activists are always hearing how our military is fighting
overseas in order to preserve our right to dissent at home, but
look what happened to Professor Walter F. Murphy, emeritus of
Princeton University, when he tried to board a plane (via War and
Piece):
"On 1 March 07, I was scheduled to fly on American Airlines to
Newark, NJ, to attend an academic conference at Princeton
University, designed to focus on my latest scholarly book,
'Constitutional Democracy,' published by Johns Hopkins University
Press this past Thanksgiving.”
"When I tried to use the curb-side check in at the Sunport, I was
denied a boarding pass because I was on the Terrorist Watch list. I
was instructed to go inside and talk to a clerk.
"At this point, I should note that I am not only the McCormick
Professor of Jurisprudence (emeritus) but also a retired Marine
colonel. I fought in the Korean War as a young lieutenant, was
wounded, and decorated for heroism. I remained a professional
soldier for more than five years and then accepted a commission as
a reserve office, serving for an additional 19 years.
"I presented my credentials from the Marine Corps to a very polite
clerk for American Airlines.
"One of the two people to whom I talked asked a question and
offered a frightening comment: 'Have you been in any peace marches?
We ban a lot of people from flying because of that.'
"I explained that I had not so marched but had, in September, 2006,
given a lecture at Princeton, televised and put on the Web, highly
critical of George Bush for his many violations of the Constitution.
“'That’ll do it,' the man said."
I’m almost afraid to ask how widespread this is, but I suspect it
isn’t limited to American Airlines.
So now we have to answer for our political opinions to every
Epsilon-Minus semi-moron who checks baggage at the airline counter.
Rose Wilder Lane must be spinning in her grave.
ANOTHER ENEMY OF THE PEOPLE?
Mark Graber
April 08, 2007
http://balkin.blogspot.com/2007/04/another-enemy-of-people.html
I am posting the below with the permission of Professor Walter F.
Murphy, emeritus of Princeton University. For those who do not
know, Professor Murphy is easily the most distinguished scholar of
public law in political science. His works on both constitutional
theory and judicial behavior are classics in the field. Bluntly,
legal scholarship that does not engage many themes in his book,
briefly noted below, Constitutional Democracy, may be legal, but
cannot be said to be scholarship. As interesting, for present
purposes, readers of the book will discover that Murphy is hardly a
conventional political or legal liberal. While he holds some
opinions, most notably on welfare, similar to opinions held on the
political left, he is a sharp critic of ROE V. WADE, and supported
the Alito nomination. Apparently these credentials and others noted
below are no longer sufficient to prevent one from becoming an
enemy of the people.
"On 1 March 07, I was scheduled to fly on American Airlines to
Newark, NJ, to attend an academic conference at Princeton
University, designed to focus on my latest scholarly book,
Constitutional Democracy, published by Johns Hopkins University
Press this past Thanksgiving."
"When I tried to use the curb-side check in at the Sunport, I was
denied a boarding pass because I was on the Terrorist Watch list. I
was instructed to go inside and talk to a clerk. At this point, I
should note that I am not only the McCormick Professor of
Jurisprudence (emeritus) but also a retired Marine colonel. I
fought in the Korean War as a young lieutenant, was wounded, and
decorated for heroism. I remained a professional soldier for more
than five years and then accepted a commission as a reserve office,
serving for an additional 19 years."
"I presented my credentials from the Marine Corps to a very polite
clerk for American Airlines. One of the two people to whom I talked
asked a question and offered a frightening comment: "Have you been
in any peace marches? We ban a lot of people from flying because of
that." I explained that I had not so marched but had, in September,
2006, given a lecture at Princeton, televised and put on the Web,
highly critical of George Bush for his many violations of the
Constitution. "That'll do it," the man said. "
"After carefully examining my credentials, the clerk asked if he
could take them to TSA officials. I agreed. He returned about ten
minutes later and said I could have a boarding pass, but added: "I
must warn you, they're going to ransack your luggage." On my return
flight, I had no problem with obtaining a boarding pass, but my
luggage was "lost." Airlines do lose a lot of luggage and this
"loss" could have been a mere coincidence. In light of previous
events, however, I'm a tad skeptical."
"I confess to having been furious that any American citizen would
be singled out for governmental harassment because he or she
criticized any elected official, Democrat or Republican. That
harassment is, in and of itself, a flagrant violation not only of
the First Amendment but also of our entire scheme of constitutional
government. This effort to punish a critic states my lecture's
argument far more eloquently and forcefully than I ever could.
Further, that an administration headed by two men who had "had
other priorities" than to risk their own lives when their turn to
fight for their country came up, should brand as a threat to the
United States a person who did not run away but stood up and fought
for his country and was wounded in battle, goes beyond the
outrageous. Although less lethal, it is of the same evil ilk as
punishing Ambassador Joseph Wilson for criticizing Bush's false
claims by "outing" his wife, Valerie Plaime, thereby putting at
risk her life as well as the lives of many people with whom she had
had contact as an agent of the CIA. ..."
"I have a personal stake here, but so do all Americans who take
their political system seriously. Thus I hope you and your
colleagues will take some positive action to bring the
Administration's conduct to the attention of a far larger, and more
influential, audience than I could hope to reach. "
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