Federal court refuses to dismiss the complaint and orders the Transportation Security Administration to consider noncitizens for airport screener posts. Gebin v. Mineta, #02-CV-0493, 2002 U.S. Dist. Lexis 22211, 90 FEP Cases (BNA) 417 (C.D.Cal. 2002). {N/R}
     Federal court strikes down law which required state troopers to be native born U.S. citizens. Fernandez v. State of Georgia, 716 F.Supp. 1475 (M.D. Ga. 1989).
      Citizenship bears a rational relationship to the enforcement and execution of the laws by police officers, and "a State may therefore confine the performance of this important public responsibility to those who are citizens." Foley v. Connelie, #76-839, 435 U.S. 291, 98 S.Ct. 1067, 1978 U.S. Lexis 71, 17 FEP Cases (BNA) 1 (1978).