The main flaw of the article is that the risk of terrorist attack does not inhere in the passengers on the airplane. A hijacked airliner can result in major loss of life and tremendous economic damage to parties completely uninvolved in the transaction.
It is a matter of public safety, not merely of an economic transaction.
That being said, I think the new methods are ridiculous and unreasonable, but I think there is justification to have some level of regulation in this matter.
Flying is not the issue.
It is just the issue people are focusing on right now so the federal government violating the U.S. constitution is being discussed in that context, but this applies to any place, any time, such as buses and trains. The TSA is a federal government agency. The U.S. constitution per the 4th amendment forbids the TSA from using the full body scanner and the groping body searches without a proper warrant.
So you are saying, targus, that the innovators in the free market cannot come up with an alternative that does not violate the U.S. constititution?
I hope you understand that no idea will be fail safe.
And, in the case that no innovator can come up with a plan that does not violate the U.S. constitution then we should either amend the U.S. constitution to allow the intrusive methods to be conducted by the government or else we should simply follow the constitution and rely on the God's providencial protection.
But let's not violate the U.S. constitution and say "Well, in this case it's okay to do so", because any violation of the U.S. constitution is then fair game to implement by the federal government.
It does offer alternatives to having the federal government break the bonds placed on it by the U.S. constitution which is what this discussion is about.
If the government interference is removed, then free market alternatives will have the chance to prove their worth and the U.S. constitution wil not be violated by allowing the government to overstep its limits.
The constitution is quite clear on this.
I couldn't care less how a court rules on it.
I don't care what Leviathan says on a whole host of issues.
The U.S. constutution is not a complicated document.
It has been made complicated over the years because those in power try to twist to it to their own ends.