Are you insane? You call yourself "Conservative" yet you agree with the Police State?
Do even you read what you type? "What right covers flying in an airplane?" you ask? Ever heard of the 4th Amendment to the Constitution?
A Police Officer can't search you just because you're flying to Miami from L.A. Why is the TSA allowed to?
I ask you: What LAW allows the TSA to search you? Tell us.
I made no comment on the TSA or searches. I specifically addressed your misguided notion that flying in and of itself is a right. it is not.
As for the 4th amendment, it doesn't apply...
Fourth Amendment to the United States Constitution - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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.
I see nothing in the text of the 4th amendment that says you have a right to fly in a commercial, or even private plane.
Yes, travel IS a Right.
Travel itself is a right. A particular mode of travel is not.
Whether you go by plane or boat or by foot, you have the right to chose where you wish to go and with whom you wish to associate with.
True. You have a right to go where you wish, and see who you want to. That does not equal the right to fly in an airplane. If I own an airplane, you do not have a 'right' to fly in it.
You left out an important part of that 4th Amendment (intentionally?):
"The Fourth Amendment
applies to governmental searches and seizures, but
not those done by
private citizens OR organizations who are
not acting on behalf of a government."
Show me that exact text in the 4th amendment please. You can't because it isn't IN the 4th amendment. You're interpreting the amendment, and claiming your interpretation is part of the 4th. It isn't.
Let me explain it to you because you obviously have comprehension issues:
You don't even know the text of the 4th amendment, and you want to claim 'I' had comprehension issues?
A City, State or Federal Cop needs Reasonable Suspicion or Probable Cause to search you. A Private Citizen (ME and YOU) do not!
I never commented, not once in this thread, about searches. Strawman.
I can, as a condition of entering
my house,
my car or
my property, subject you to a search. I can pat you down before I let you on my Property.
Not what we were discussing. We were discussing you're dumb ass comment that you have a 'right' to fly. Nothing more, nothing less.
The TSA
CANNOT search you because they are
acting on behalf of a Government! Every search they do is
illegal and in
violation of YOUR Constitutional Rights!
I have yet to venture an opinion on that subject. I was concentrating on your dumb ass comment that you have a 'right' to fly. Nothing else.
Rights are AFFIRMED when you EXERCISE THEM! They are TAKEN AWAY when you CONSENT!
STOP CONSENTING!