TSA Abuse of Power

Common sense is seldom found in any government agency. This is just one more curbing of freedom, right to travel, in the name of security. George Bernard Shaw: "The road to hell is paved with good intentions." Cleobulous: "The chief source of evil among men is excessive good." Repeal Big Sis.
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platousa replying to FCarbone

You misunderstand the purpose of the US Constitution. It was to protect inalienable rights, not rights stated in the Constitution. The right to travel is also a matter of the right to travel within and between states. Privileges and Immunities clause of US Constitution. See this link for earlier guarantees of right to travel
http://www.lewrockwell.com/blog/lewrw/archives/70761.html

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platousa replying to extra_medium

The presumed right to travel, however, is firmly established in U.S. law and precedent. In U.S. v Guest, 383 U.S. 745 (1966), the Court noted, "It is a right that has been firmly established and repeatedly recognized." In fact, in Shapiro v Thompson, 394 U.S. 618 (1969), Justice Stewart noted in a concurring opinion that "it is a right broadly assertable against private interference as well as governmental action. Like the right of association, ... it is a virtually unconditional personal right, guaranteed by the Constitution to us all." It is interesting to note that the Articles of Confederation had an explicit right to travel; it is now thought that the right is so fundamental that the Framers may have thought it unnecessary to include it in the Constitution or the Bill of Rights. The right to travel is also a matter of the right to travel within and between states. Privileges and Immunities clause of US Constitution. See this link for earlier guarantees of right to travel
http://www.lewrockwell.com/blog/lewrw/archives/70761.html

http://bostonherald.com/news/regional/view.bg?articleid=1300257

Harvard pair sue TSA over screenings
By Donna Goodison
Boston Herald
Thursday, December 2, 2010