December 06, 2005 | Secondary Screenings on the Subways

There's a fine debate -- ahh, hell, call it a mêlée -- going on over at the malapropblog, Concurring Opinions.

A recent decision upholding the legality of random searches of New York City subway passengers set off the infighting.

Here's the scorecard so far, in reverse chronological order:

News story about the decision: Larry Neumeister's AP story

1. Professor Daniel Solove takes gloves off

2. Solove, NYC Subway Searches Upheld: A Critique of the Court’s Decision

4. Mazzone, Subway Searches: A View from New York (critiquing Solove)

5. Dave Hoffman, NYC Subway Searches: A Response to Dan (critiquing Solove)

6. Solove, Rational Security vs. Symbolic Security (responding to Hoffman and Mazzone)

7. Hoffman, Are Subway Searches Really the Top of a Slippery Slope to Korematsu (replying to Solove)

8. Mazzone, Democratic Searches and Seizures (replying to Solove)

When Mayor Bloomberg announced the policy, I laughed at it here, and when I visited New York in September, all I saw of the policy were a bunch of bored-looking cops behind a card table at the Staten Island Ferry.

Perhaps, though, the judge was right and I was wrong. Wouldn't be the first time.

Posted by Ryan Singel at December 6, 2005 03:09 PM

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