Interesting - this can have serious implications if it catches on - but
isn't a "national identification" /(your "papers" when in public)
unconstitutional? - I would think/hope that this dies @ first challenge.
Karen Mahnk
At 03:42 PM 11/1/1999 -0600, Carol Billings wrote:
>Our public/state law library is in the Supreme Court building--opening off
>of the main lobby right inside the building's front doors. The court has
>placed security guards on duty, and everyone entering the building has
>been required for the past few years to run their possessions through
>an airport-style x-ray machine and to walk through a metal detector. The
>court has just today instituted a new policy that requires everyone
>entering to show identification, sign in, wear a "visitor" tag while in the
>building and then sign out before departing. I just inquired of one of the
>guards what happens if someone wishes to use the library but does not
>happen to have identification with him or her. I was told that the person
>may not enter. Maybe I'm crazy, but I'm outraged! I have made the
>statement that I have never had to present identification to be admitted to
>any type of library. I would very much appreciate knowing whether any
>other public libraries have security restrictions that have the effect of
>limiting access. I would also like to know if any colleagues have access
>policies or know of instances where the right of access to public
>libraries or other public buildings has been tested legally. I'll very much
>appreciate hearing from you. Carol Billings, Law Library of Louisiana
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