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Politics

You Can't See Our Stinking Law

Jacob Sullum | 1.8.2007 12:48 PM

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The U.S. Supreme Court has declined to hear John Gilmore's appeal of a 9th Circuit decision rejecting his demand to be shown the text of the regulation that is said to require air travelers to show ID. Background to the case is here; Brian Doherty delved into it for Reason in a 2003 cover story.

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Jacob Sullum is a senior editor at Reason. He is the author, most recently, of Beyond Control: Drug Prohibition, Gun Regulation, and the Search for Sensible Alternatives (Prometheus Books, September 2).

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