[justlurking]

I have to fly for business twice a week. I spend 2-3 minutes going through security. I use the PreCheck line.

Enroll in Global Entry, and you can do it too. It is $100 for 5 years, but if you fly more than once a year, it is $5 per flight.

However, this non-airport screening is BS. The TSA has no authority to do it, but the spineless Republicans aren’t stopping it.

[C210N]

Can global entry be used for expedited TSA screening for domestic flights?

My reading of their web site indicates that it is just for going thru customs when entering back into the US...

[Mouton]

Has any court ever ruled on this?

This is what happens when we let the camel’s nose under the tent ala DUI check points. We have been conditioned now to EXPECT to be stopped and questioned, examined, tested, impounded and or gropped anywhere the governments decide. I have to take a plane in October as my wife decided where we should vacation this year and I know what is awaiting at the airport. Last time I flew was probably 8 years ago and I still am POed about taking my shoes and belt off, having to have my personal use drugs and toiletrees in clear bags and the like so some low grade moron can examine them but who probably would not be able to distinguish between nitro and shampoo anyway. Perhaps if they put these “teams” on the borders they would have some success stopping drugs and illegals but no, the citizens have to put up with the BS.

[Mouton]

Has any court ever ruled on this?

This is what happens when we let the camel’s nose under the tent ala DUI check points. We have been conditioned now to EXPECT to be stopped and questioned, examined, tested, impounded and or gropped anywhere the governments decide. I have to take a plane in October as my wife decided where we should vacation this year and I know what is awaiting at the airport. Last time I flew was probably 8 years ago and I still am POed about taking my shoes and belt off, having to have my personal use drugs and toiletrees in clear bags and the like so some low grade moron can examine them but who probably would not be able to distinguish between nitro and shampoo anyway. Perhaps if they put these “teams” on the borders they would have some success stopping drugs and illegals but no, the citizens have to put up with the BS.

[OneWingedShark]

However, this non-airport screening is BS. The TSA has no authority to do it, but the spineless Republicans aren’t stopping it.

I see you haven't read this informational brochure; it explains everything:
The Tao of Republican Orthodoxy
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[Kaslin]

<<<< but the spineless Republicans aren’t stopping it. >>>>

When are you getting it through your thick skull that we only have the House and without the Senate we can do nothing. *rme*