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> US citizens aren't typically prohibited from travelling Anyone on the no-fly list is effectively banned from travelling, just because the US are such a large
by HarryHirsch 13y ago
> US citizens aren't typically prohibited from travelling
Anyone on the no-fly list is effectively banned from travelling, just because the US are such a large country and the alternatives are plainly too exhausting.
Again: most constitutions guarantee freedom of movement. The reason it is written there is because the framers had experience with travelling restrictions and how they were used against political opponents. This last lesson seems to have been forgotten.
- malandrew 13y agoExactly. The no fly list is one step away from becoming like China's Hukou System [0], which was eerily similar to parole restrictions on movement, but without due process (trial and conviction of a crime). I can't even begin to imagine the burden of being an American living in Alaska or Hawaii and being on the no fly list. [0] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hukou_system http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hukou_system [1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freedom_of_movement#China http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freedom_of_movement#China