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Join peace march or criticize Bush will land you on "no-fly" list
Quote, "Professor who criticized Bush was told he was added to terrorist 'no-fly' list
Michael Roston
Published: Monday April 9, 2007
A top Constitutional scholar from Princeton who gave a televised speech that slammed President George W. Bush's executive overreach was recently told that he had been added to the Transportation Security Administration's terrorist watch list. He shared his experience this weekend at the law blog Balkinization.
(http://lapa.princeton.edu/peopledetail.php?ID=507)
Walter F. Murphy | Faculty Associate
Walter F. Murphy, the McCormick Professor of Jurisprudence, Emeritus, at Princeton University, attempted to check his luggage at the curbside in Albuquerque before boarding a plane to Newark, New Jersey. Murphy was told he could not use the service. [Can you all believe this crap! What happened to freedom of speech! This garbage has got to stop and stop now! We the people cannot just sit back and say well, it's not happening to me so I'll do something when it gets worse, etc. Send/write letters of protest to officials, form groups to fight this crap! Protest/march against this from happening! ETC.....]
"I was denied a boarding pass because I was on the Terrorist Watch list," he said.
When inquiring with a clerk why he was on the list, Murphy was asked if he had participated in any peace marches.
"We ban a lot of people from flying because of that," a clerk said.
Murphy then explained that he had not 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."
The clerk responded, "That'll do it."
Murphy was allowed to board the plane, but was warned that his luggage would be "ransacked." On his return trip, his luggage was lost. [This is beyond total harassment, this is outright criminal!!!!]
Murphy is a decorated Marine who served in the Korean War and was a reservist for 19 years. Mark Graber, who presented the blog post, adds that there were other reasons that Murphy was an unlikely terror suspect.
"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," he wrote.
[I (IAM1) spoke with Mr. Murphy on April 11th 2007 and told him I supported him. He was very appreciative. He is a professional and an expert on/in our Constitution and we all need to support people like him who stand up for our Constitution!]
The blog post on Murphy's experience can be accessed at this link.
(http://balkin.blogspot.com/2007/04/another-enemy-of-people.html)
Quote, "Professor who criticized Bush was told he was added to terrorist 'no-fly' list
Michael Roston
Published: Monday April 9, 2007
A top Constitutional scholar from Princeton who gave a televised speech that slammed President George W. Bush's executive overreach was recently told that he had been added to the Transportation Security Administration's terrorist watch list. He shared his experience this weekend at the law blog Balkinization.
(http://lapa.princeton.edu/peopledetail.php?ID=507)
Walter F. Murphy | Faculty Associate
Walter F. Murphy, the McCormick Professor of Jurisprudence, Emeritus, at Princeton University, attempted to check his luggage at the curbside in Albuquerque before boarding a plane to Newark, New Jersey. Murphy was told he could not use the service. [Can you all believe this crap! What happened to freedom of speech! This garbage has got to stop and stop now! We the people cannot just sit back and say well, it's not happening to me so I'll do something when it gets worse, etc. Send/write letters of protest to officials, form groups to fight this crap! Protest/march against this from happening! ETC.....]
"I was denied a boarding pass because I was on the Terrorist Watch list," he said.
When inquiring with a clerk why he was on the list, Murphy was asked if he had participated in any peace marches.
"We ban a lot of people from flying because of that," a clerk said.
Murphy then explained that he had not 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."
The clerk responded, "That'll do it."
Murphy was allowed to board the plane, but was warned that his luggage would be "ransacked." On his return trip, his luggage was lost. [This is beyond total harassment, this is outright criminal!!!!]
Murphy is a decorated Marine who served in the Korean War and was a reservist for 19 years. Mark Graber, who presented the blog post, adds that there were other reasons that Murphy was an unlikely terror suspect.
"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," he wrote.
[I (IAM1) spoke with Mr. Murphy on April 11th 2007 and told him I supported him. He was very appreciative. He is a professional and an expert on/in our Constitution and we all need to support people like him who stand up for our Constitution!]
The blog post on Murphy's experience can be accessed at this link.
(http://balkin.blogspot.com/2007/04/another-enemy-of-people.html)
