Originally Posted by
vgrund
That is correct. EWR is definitely PreCheck "Light". No separate line, they hand you an orange card and you must file through with everyone else. Laptop still comes out, etc. You may keep your shoes and a light jacket on, and you go through a metal detector instead of a body scanner.
It is pretty stupid and makes PC pretty useless there. DFW is the same way at most gates.
The Southwest section of the Central Terminal at LGA is the same way.