Airlines are not government entities. If they want you to stand on your head and do push-upin order to board, that's their right.
It probably makes their shareholder happy.
I also rather prefer riding on planes less likely to be attacked by terrorists.
"Airlines are not government entities. If they want you to stand on your head and do push-upin order to board, that's their right."
You missed the point. Airlines are not asking for ID just because they think it's a good idea. If you don't have the ID you'll soon find out that the airline employees (and the aiport security guards) all cite Fed regulations. What Fed regulations? That's what no one knows.
I was stopped in an airport for carrying a 13mm Sears wrench. The "rules" (again, no one knows what rules) say that we can't take any tools in our carryon bag. Like the guy in this lawsuit, I've got to wonder how much more secure the world is when I can't take a 13mm Sears wrench onboard.
At the very least, conservative Americans should demand that all laws that apply to us (be they legislation, or bureaucratic regulations, or judicial decisions) be on file and easily available.
How does showing an ID card make anyone safer? If the person goes thru a scanner and has his bags x-rayed, what difference does his name make?
BTW, the security IS provided by the government even though the airlines are private entities.
Agreed.
But the Southwest Airline ticket agent said the ID was required "by law." That is the rub.
How about a test of your conviction in the remark you made above:
I assume then, you would support an airline's decision to ask their customer's participate in the security of the airline's property and other passengers, by inviting them to bring their arms on-board to reduce the probability of an individual or group of individuals from attempting to hijack the aircraft with 10, 30, 80 armed customer's on board ready to stop that attempt?
I would. That is what free people do and this what Amendment II meant to guarantee.