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The entire premise of this is ridiculous to its core. The reason for suspension of the 4th amendment before boarding a plane is that the plane itself could be u
by woah 13y ago
The entire premise of this is ridiculous to its core. The reason for suspension of the 4th amendment before boarding a plane is that the plane itself could be used as a weapon to cause disproportionate damage, like on 9/11.
The reason for 4th amendment suspension on airport premises is... what? The parking area in front of an airport is no more or less vulnerable than any other parking lot in front of any other building. I suspect that the real reason is "because we can".
- amirmc 13y ago> "The parking area in front of an airport is no more or less vulnerable than any other parking lot in front of any other building." Careful, you might give them ideas. The way things are going I wouldn't be surprised if some variant of this argument was used to expand powers/reach further. Maybe starting with schools ("think of the children!"). What should worry us more is the number of people who seem to be okay with things like this. That's terrifying.
- mikeash 13y agoWell, no, that's not the reason for suspending the 4th amendment. It may be a claimed reason, but searches are neither necessary nor sufficient to prevent planes from being used as weapons. Effective countermeasures are easy and don't require any constitutional violations: reinforce and lock cockpit doors, and convince passengers not to surrender to hijackers. This problem has been solved, and TSA checkpoints have absolutely nothing to do with it.