This ruling WILL BE overturned, because our (and our judiciary's) political values have been compromised in light of the tragedy that afflicted us all on 9/11. It will be perceived by most of the current judicial benches (especially at the appellate levels and higher) that a non-citizen permanent resident or non-citizen INS-legal worker are a completely unknown risk to security. I would stipulate that they are not an unknown risk, but a risk that is as controllable as is possible for any citizen worker (albeit more expensive).

As I said before, if a non-citizen can watch the back of our good soldiers in the US military or be part of special and covert ops, then they are good enough to watch my back and bags too.

My first vote for perhaps one of the last persons of character with the truest respect for his Constitutional role from within the legislative branch: Senator Russ Feingold of the great state of Wisconsin. [The great senator who stood up to Pres. Clinton for the dairy farmers of Wisconsin and against foolish behavior in the Oval Office; and he who stood up both to Pres. Bush and to all his colleagues in the Senate in regards to the inappropriately labelled USA Patriot Act.

When private thoughts and communications can be construed as crimes, freedom is dead. To incorrectly paraphase (and ruin the eloquence of) a famous quote: when liberty and freedom die in the hearts and minds of men, NO Constitution can save them. [This is the institutional tragedy that befell our nation on 9/11.]