"Matt Whiting" wrote in message
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It has been a long time since my high school American Government class,
but I thought that this only applied to constitional rights, not so-called
privileges. If your state pulls your driver's license, can you really
appeal that through the Federal court system?

I suspect the (initial) appeal would be in state court rather than federal,
but there is certainly a judicial remedy if the denial of your license is
unreasonable. (The FAA, of course, is a federal agency, so no state courts
are involved.)

The so-called right vs. privilege distinction is beside the point, because
there is unquestionably a constitutional right to not have a privilege
unreasonably withheld. Your state could not, for example, deny you a
driver's license just because they don't like your race or religion. If they
tried, you could certainly get the courts to intervene.

--Gary