So you believe you have a right to over ride the airline's personal property rights? It's their planes and they have a right to say who does and who does not fly in them.
Please re-read the story. There is no claim by the airline that it is enforcing its own policies. The airline clearly stated it was acting in accordance with law, then couldn't produce the law because it is a secret law that the government won't show you.
Once again, this is not a story about an airline claiming it is acting within its "rights." It is a story about an airline not having discretion but rather acting on government orders.
Of course not, it is not my airline. They should be able to pick their customers as they see fit. The question here is if we want a system of internal passports, and if we do should the regulations establishing internal passports be in the public record.
Cut away the emotions for a second, some folks were against Drunk Driving check points, because they thought they were intrusive to their privacy, a check for an internal passport as it were. Some would respond you are against Drunk Driving check points, then assume you must be for drunk drivers out killing innocent people. No ... you don't like internal passports...