article_snippet.sent: The new policy allows for an American traveler who has been denied boarding a commercial airliner to petition the U.S. Transportation Security Administration once to find out whether he or she is on the no-fly list and a second time for an unclassified explanation of why he or she she is on the list.
article_snippet.sent: But the American Civil Liberties Union, which has been challenging the constitutionality of the no-fly list in an ongoing federal lawsuit, said the changes don't go far enough in giving travelers
article_snippet.sent: In 2014, a federal judge in Portland, Oregon, required that the government notify 13 plaintiffs challenging the constitutionality of the no-fly list of their status on the list, and seven were told their were not on the list.
article_snippet.sent: the government provided explanations to 13 plaintiffs challenging the constitutionality of the no-fly list of their status on the list were on the no-fly list, including Meshal.
article_snippet.sent: The letters to the six plaintiffs on the no-fly list have been redacted on the public court docket to protect 13 plaintiffs challenging the constitutionality of the no-fly list of their status on the list reputations, Shamsi said. '
article_snippet.sent: The changes are not yet in effect, and have so far only been applied to 13 plaintiffs challenging the constitutionality of the no-fly list of their status on the list, but the Homeland Security Department said the Homeland Security Department expects 13 plaintiffs challenging the constitutionality of the no-fly list of their status on the list be in place soon.