>>(4th Amendment)
Flying may not be a right, but the airlines do not want this kind of invasive search. They are put up to this by Homeland Security.<<
We are arguing 2 different things.
The 4th Amendment doesn’t apply to you when you voluntarily go somewhere. Otherwise they couldn’t have metal detectors in Court Houses (or are you saying that should be stopped too?)
I agree this is wrong on many levels — even legal. Just not constitutional. And it really bothers me when people toss the term about indiscriminately.
It’s not because of the difference between a courthouse and an airport. The reason why metal detectors are OK in courthouses, and why genitalia pat-downs are NOT OK at airports, is because of the difference in the “search.”
Walking through a metal detector is a REASONABLE search. Having your (and your Grandma’s and your 6-year-old’s) crotch probed is NOT.