Dear Dr. Mike;
I omitted the TSA as it is way too obvious the US Constitutional violations the TSA visits on airline passengers - see the list:
The TSA voids the First Amendments guarantee of free speech ("...it's against the law to make threats such as, I have a bomb in my bag. Threats made jokingly [even by a child] can delay the entire family and could result in fines"). Ditto to the Second Amendments promise of self-defense ("Firearms, ammunition and firearm parts are prohibited from carry-on baggage"). It mocks the Fourth Amendments ban on unreasonable and warrantless searches ("Everyone who travels by air goes through airport security checkpoints [i.e., is searched]. ... Not only do all passengers go through checkpoints, their checked baggage is also screened [searched]). It scorns the Fifth Amendments prohibition on "depriv[ing]" anyone "of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law" ("All liquids, gels and aerosols must be in three-ounce or smaller containers. Larger containers that are half-full or toothpaste tubes rolled up are not allowed"). Forget the Eighth Amendments
taboo on excessive fines ("TSA recognizes that most passengers who carry prohibited items do so without any ill intent. ... [But that innocence doesnt faze Our Rulers.] Fines... may be imposed when passengers attempt to artfully conceal prohibited items or behave in a manner that is so uncooperative and disruptive that it physically interferes with the screening process. ...of...up to $10,000 per violation..."). Why the Founding Fathers wasted their time protecting our overall liberty with the Ninth and Tenth Amendments is anyones guess ("The Aviation and Transportation Security Act, passed by the 107th Congress on November 19, 2001, established [the TSA] ... a new federal agency with responsibility for security for all modes of transportation...").
Ron Getty
SF Libertarian