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by ehasbrouck 5mo ago
The burden of proof is on the government to prove that any violation of the Military Selective service Act was "knowing and willful". That's almost impossible without a public confession, signature on a registered letter, or
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by ehasbrouck 5mo ago
1 point by ehasbrouck 1 minute ago | root | parent | next | edit | delete [–] The Selective service System is required by law to maintain readiness to activate either of two types of draft: a "cannon fodder" draft of males 18-25,
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by ehasbrouck 5mo ago
The way to make women ad men equal with respect to the draft is to repeal the Military Selective Service Act, as supported by many feminists: https://hasbrouck.org/draft/repeal.html More on what femninists say about th
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by ehasbrouck 5mo ago
This article takes for granted the success of this attempt to "automagically" identify and locate all potential draftees, and doesn't mention the practical difficulties, the opposition, or the legislative alternatives. Here&#
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by ehasbrouck 8mo ago
This is not true, in at least 2 respects: (1) a common carrier has a legal duty not just to sell a ticket but to provide transportation according to the tariff, and (2) this means an airline can't order a passenger not to board, or ord
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by ehasbrouck 8mo ago
As discussed in the original article, John Gilmore (co-founder of EFF) did sue. "His complaint was dismissed on the basis of TSA policies that said travelers were still allowed to fly without ID as long as they submitted to a more intr
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by ehasbrouck 8mo ago
The most recent press release from the TSA claims that it's now 6% of passengers not showing ID or not showing REAL ID: https://www.tsa.gov/news/press/releases/2025/12/01/tsa-intro... So d
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by ehasbrouck 8mo ago
FWIW, REAL-ID is not about U.S. citizenship: A passport issued by any country is considered "compliant" with the REAL-ID Act for air travel or any other purpose, regardless of the person's U.S. immigration status. Some po
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by ehasbrouck 8mo ago
As of the imposition of start of this new fee/fine, about 200,000 people a day fly without ID or without REAL-ID: https://papersplease.org/wp/2025/05/28/200000-people-a-day-f... - At $45 a pop, that
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by ehasbrouck 8mo ago
No, it's not "regulatory policy". It's been done entirely with some combination of secret "Security Directives" and "rulemaking by press release". As the article and the linked references explain, t
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by ehasbrouck 8mo ago
Unlike other service providers, a common carrier by definition cannot refuse service to anyone willing to pay the fare in the tariff. Common carrier laws are some of the oldest consumer protection laws, enacted to protect travelers and sh
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by ehasbrouck 11mo ago
Here's more on what's happening, what it means, and what you can do if you have an "X" passport: https://papersplease.org/wp/2025/10/12/cbp-changes-procedure...
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by ehasbrouck 2y ago
TSA video walkthrough of flying without ID: https://papersplease.org/wp/2021/04/08/tsa-posts-video-showi... TSA ID verification procedures (redacted) for people without ID: https://paperspleas
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by ehasbrouck 4y ago
I'm a citizen and resident of the USA. But I have travelled often in Germany, roaming on Deutshce Telekom cell towers using a cellphone with a T-Mobile USA SIM and a US phone number. DT has collected data about my roaming in Germany, a
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by ehasbrouck 4y ago
auf deutsch: "Fast 50 Millionen US-Konten betroffen: Telekom-Gruppe verschweigt Informationen über gehackte Personendaten", Matthias Monroy, Netspolitik.org, 16.08.2022: Fast die Hälfte der Millionen Kund:innen von T-Mobile in den
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by ehasbrouck 4y ago
My subject access request was not made pursuant to the GDPR. It was made pursuant to T-Mobile's contractually binding promises to act as a subsidiary of Deutsche Telekom, and DTAG's promises that all subsidiaries it is able to
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by ehasbrouck 5y ago
I got one of the "Tom Harris" messages, sent to an e-mail address scraped from the Web site of a small California-based nonprofit organization. I've gotten no response to my e-mail messages sent to the 3 researchers who have
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by ehasbrouck 6y ago
That depends on the state and the section of highway. There is no Federal prohibition on walking or bicycling along an Interstate highway right-of-way. State laws vary. In California, for example, bicycling or waling on freeway shoulders is
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by ehasbrouck 6y ago
When i first visited Shanghai in 1989, there were no bridges or tunnels between the Bund sid eof the river and the Pudong side, only the ferries. (pudong was mostly farms.) The ferries are less used now, but there are still some in operatio
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by ehasbrouck 6y ago
FWIW, during non-pandemic times there are scheduled airline flights from Tel Aviv (TLV) and Haifa (HFA) to Eilat (ETM).
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by ehasbrouck 6y ago
I think the TSA's theory is that if you can answer questions about the data in the Accurint record about person X correctly (i.e. your answers match the Accurint record, even if it is erroneous), you must be person X. That's the
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by ehasbrouck 8y ago
"I'd be interested to read an article about people being prevented from flying between Canada and Europe because of the US government." Here you go: https://papersplease.org/wp/2011/02/16/b
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by ehasbrouck 8y ago
People have bene prevented from flying between Canada and Europe becuase of objections from the US government. So being able to cross from the US to Canada (assuming Canada would let her in, which isn't assured if she is a US but not C
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by ehasbrouck 8y ago
Generally a case is heard "en banc" by a larger panel only as an appeal -- at the discretion of the court -- from an inital decision of a 3-judge panel. In most of the circuits, en banc rehearing is before all the judges of that c
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by ehasbrouck 8y ago
This was one of the issues raised, and resolved in Dr. Ibrahim's favor, in the second of the three appeals to the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals in this case. The court found that she had sufficient connection to the US (including having
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by ehasbrouck 9y ago
FYI, I've added an update in the comments to my original article at: https://hasbrouck.org/blog/archives/002292.html I finally spoke with United Airlines spokesperson Charlie Hobart today, after this article
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by ehasbrouck 9y ago
The article wasn't about me or my experience. I disclosed this background fact in case some readers might think it relevant in assessing my reporting and analysis. I've spoken publicly before about my experiences with Chicago poli
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by ehasbrouck 10y ago
Analysis from the Identity Project (PapersPlease.org): "...In the case of Delta Flight 1583, we don’t know what would have happened if a passenger declined to answer questions, declined to show ID, or tried to walk past the CBP officer