''Gilmore v. Gonzales''

(9th Cir. 2006), was a lawsuit filed by

John Gilmore John Gilmore may refer to: * John Gilmore (activist) (born 1955), co-founder of the Electronic Frontier Foundation and Cygnus Solutions * John Gilmore (musician) (1931–1995), American jazz saxophonist * John Gilmore (representative) (1780–1845), ...

against various

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and

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agencies and departments, and against

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. Gilmore claimed that being required to show

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in order to travel by plane inside the country is an unconstitutional restriction of his rights to travel, to petition government, and to speak anonymously. Gilmore also complained about being subject to "

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," when the airlines and government refused to show the directive under which they were requesting ID. The district court and Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals sided against Gilmore, holding there was no constitutional violation because air passengers could still travel without identification if they instead underwent the more stringent "secondary screening" search. While the court saw the Security Directive '' in camera,'' the public still has not been permitted to see the text. Gilmore petitioned for

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to the

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, but in January 2007 the court declined to hear the case. As a result, the case is precedent for the

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Gilmore v. Gonzales information

Justices won't intervene in terror case
CNN, January 8, 2007
Text of the 9th Circuit decision from the court's web site

Supreme Court Order Denying Certiorari
Order List 549 US, January 8, 2007, p. 3. United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit cases 2006 in United States case law {{US-gov-stub

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