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“No Fly List” Challenge Allowed To Proceed | Yesterday, a federal appeals court unanimously ruled that the ACLU’s lawsuit challenging the government’s “No Fly List” can go forward. The lawsuit, first filed in 2010, is on behalf of 15 citizens and permanent residents, including four military veterans, who have not been told why they are on the No Fly List and have not been given a reasonable opportunity to get off it. ACLU staff attorney Nusrat Choudhury called the decision a victory for all Americans. “More than two years ago, our clients were placed on a secret government blacklist that denied their right to travel without an explanation or chance to confront the evidence against them. The Constitution requires the government to provide our clients a fair chance to clear their names and a court will finally hear their claims.”
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