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Anyone ever think of reading this "outdated" document???
Amendment 4 - Search and Seizure. Ratified 12/15/1791.
"The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, and no Warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause, supported by Oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be searched, and the persons or things to be seized."
Now, I think it is reasonable to search baggage at airports, but really.....isn't it a little unreasonable to pat down every single person? I understand that the Constitution doesn't really apply here, since people can just aviode the pat down by not flying....but I dont think the founding fathers would allow this.
"And to the extent as radical I think as people tried to characterize the Warren Court, it wasn't that radical. It didn't break free from the essential constraints that were placed by the Founding Fathers in the Constitution, at least as it's been interpreted. The Warren Court interpreted it in the same way that generally the Constitution is a charter of negative liberties. It says what the states can't do to you. It says what the federal government can't do to you, but it doesn't say what the federal government or the state government must do on your behalf."
For 40 years [the report spans 1933-1973], freedoms and governmental procedures guaranteed by the Constitution have, in varying degrees, been abridged by laws brought into force by states of national emergency.
Since 1933, Americans have lived under a continuous national emergency that empowers the "servant" to rob us blind, tie us up, and molest us - "for our own good!"
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Ever wonder why no candidate campaigns on the promise to END the state of emergency?
You are under no obligation to be searched. You are free to refuse being searched, and at anytime you can turn around and walk away. However, you would be hard pressed to demonstrate a Constitutional right to pass through to the boarding area as a result. So if you do wish to pass through to the boarding area, you are in fact consenting to the search.
I think this whole thing is funny. Americans are fine with signing off on erosions of their civil liberties as long as it's not them having to sacrifice. And right wingers just love to scare people about the "terrorist threat"....but the minute this stupidity effects wealthy business travelers you don't hear much about security anymore!....all the fake libertarians come out of the woodwork.
You are under no obligation to be searched. You are free to refuse being searched, and at anytime you can turn around and walk away. However, you would be hard pressed to demonstrate a constitutional right to pass through to the boarding area as a result. So if you do wish to pass through to the boarding area, you are in fact consenting to the search.
You are under no obligation to be searched. You are free to refuse being searched, and at anytime you can turn around and walk away. However, you would be hard pressed to demonstrate a Constitutional right to pass through to the boarding area as a result. So if you do wish to pass through to the boarding area, you are in fact consenting to the search.
No you can't. The TSA is suing the guy that did that.
That's the "Don't touch my junk" guy. He returned his ticket and left the airport..the TSA is still going to sue him.
What the government IS doing is using these Patriot Act type laws to unconstitutionally snoop on Americans when they transit airports. Unable to get a real search warrant, they wait until the traveler is at the airport then seize their papers and laptops. The law was designed to thwart terrorism but the Obama administration uses it to get around search warrrants.
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