The Court of Appeal for the D.C. Circuit today TSA to comply with the ruling in and conduct an “expeditious” rulemaking on the use of at airports. EPIC successfully TSA in 2011 to compel notice-and-comment rulemaking after the agency failed to solicit public comments as required by law. EPIC said the body scanner program was “unlawful, invasive, and ineffective.” The backscatter x-ray devices were subsequently removed from U.S. airports, though the millimeter devices remain. In 2015 the filed a to compel TSA to issue a final rule as required by the . TSA now has 30 days to submit a rulemaking plan to the court.
