Legal Opinion
Common Cause/Georgia v. Billups
Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Decided January 14, 2009No. 07-14664, 08-10432PublishedCited by 147 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
PRYOR, Circuit Judge:
This appeal concerns whether the legitimate interest of the government of safeguarding the exercise of a civil right is outweighed by a corresponding burden of that right. Although this appeal does not involve the right to travel, e.g., United States v. Guest, 383 U.S. 745, 758, 86 S.Ct. 1170, 1178, 16 L.Ed.2d 239 (1966), a burden of air travel in contemporary society provides an apt comparison. Before an adult passenger can board an airplane for a commercial flight in the United States, the passenger must present to a federal official an identification card with a…
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