Comments on: Benjamin Franklin, underwear and TSA scans http://blog.constitutioncenter.org/2010/11/benjamin-franklin-underwear-and-tsa-scans/ Smart Conversation about the Constitution Mon, 25 Jun 2012 20:04:51 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: Franklin underwear | Kedewang http://blog.constitutioncenter.org/2010/11/benjamin-franklin-underwear-and-tsa-scans/#comment-19907 Franklin underwear | Kedewang Thu, 03 May 2012 06:25:29 +0000 http://blog-dev.constitutioncenter.org/ncc/?p=1574#comment-19907 [...] Benjamin Franklin, underwear and TSA scans | Constitution DailyDec 1, 2010 … “They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little safety deserve neither liberty nor safety.” Benjamin Franklin, 1775. Some years ago a … [...]

]]> By: Lyle Denniston: Constitution Check: Is Full-Body Scanning at the Airport Constitutional? | Eagle News http://blog.constitutioncenter.org/2010/11/benjamin-franklin-underwear-and-tsa-scans/#comment-1874 Lyle Denniston: Constitution Check: Is Full-Body Scanning at the Airport Constitutional? | Eagle News Thu, 28 Jul 2011 20:09:05 +0000 http://blog-dev.constitutioncenter.org/ncc/?p=1574#comment-1874 [...] – Arguments made in a legal brief filed by the Electronic Privacy Information Center (EPIC) in its lawsuit against the Dept. of Homeland Security, decided July 15, 2011. THE CONSTITUTIONAL RESPONSE: The U.S. Supreme Court has never ruled directly on the constitutionality of screening passengers at the nation’s airports, but has suggested in cases involving other kinds of searches that airport searches are vital to public safety. In the first federal court test of full-body scanners, the Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit earlier this month rejected the constitutional challenge (What would Ben Franklin think of the TSA scanners?). [...]

]]> By: GoodPorkBadPork.com » Blog Archive » Lyle Denniston: Constitution Check: Is Full-Body Scanning at the Airport Constitutional? http://blog.constitutioncenter.org/2010/11/benjamin-franklin-underwear-and-tsa-scans/#comment-1873 GoodPorkBadPork.com » Blog Archive » Lyle Denniston: Constitution Check: Is Full-Body Scanning at the Airport Constitutional? Thu, 28 Jul 2011 19:35:00 +0000 http://blog-dev.constitutioncenter.org/ncc/?p=1574#comment-1873 [...] THE CONSTITUTIONAL CLAIM: "The TSA's body scanner program violates the Fourth Amendment… The TSA subjects all air travelers to the most extensive, invasive search available… The TSA rules require individuals to submit to a digital strip search that is maximally intrusive." – Arguments made in a legal brief filed by the Electronic Privacy Information Center (EPIC) in its lawsuit against the Dept. of Homeland Security, decided July 15, 2011. THE CONSTITUTIONAL RESPONSE: The U.S. Supreme Court has never ruled directly on the constitutionality of screening passengers at the nation's airports, but has suggested in cases involving other kinds of searches that airport searches are vital to public safety. In the first federal court test of full-body scanners, the Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit earlier this month rejected the constitutional challenge (What would Ben Franklin think of the TSA scanners?). [...]

]]> By: Lyle Denniston: Constitution Check: Is Full-Body Scanning at the Airport Constitutional? http://blog.constitutioncenter.org/2010/11/benjamin-franklin-underwear-and-tsa-scans/#comment-1872 Lyle Denniston: Constitution Check: Is Full-Body Scanning at the Airport Constitutional? Thu, 28 Jul 2011 19:34:10 +0000 http://blog-dev.constitutioncenter.org/ncc/?p=1574#comment-1872 [...] THE CONSTITUTIONAL CLAIM: "The TSA's body scanner program violates the Fourth Amendment… The TSA subjects all air travelers to the most extensive, invasive search available… The TSA rules require individuals to submit to a digital strip search that is maximally intrusive." – Arguments made in a legal brief filed by the Electronic Privacy Information Center (EPIC) in its lawsuit against the Dept. of Homeland Security, decided July 15, 2011. THE CONSTITUTIONAL RESPONSE: The U.S. Supreme Court has never ruled directly on the constitutionality of screening passengers at the nation's airports, but has suggested in cases involving other kinds of searches that airport searches are vital to public safety. In the first federal court test of full-body scanners, the Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit earlier this month rejected the constitutional challenge (What would Ben Franklin think of the TSA scanners?). [...]

]]> By: Lyle Denniston: Constitution Check: Is Full-Body Scanning at the Airport Constitutional? | maxinity.info http://blog.constitutioncenter.org/2010/11/benjamin-franklin-underwear-and-tsa-scans/#comment-1871 Lyle Denniston: Constitution Check: Is Full-Body Scanning at the Airport Constitutional? | maxinity.info Thu, 28 Jul 2011 19:02:01 +0000 http://blog-dev.constitutioncenter.org/ncc/?p=1574#comment-1871 [...] – Arguments made in a legal brief filed by the Electronic Privacy Information Center (EPIC) in its lawsuit against the Dept. of Homeland Security, decided July 15, 2011. THE CONSTITUTIONAL RESPONSE: The U.S. Supreme Court has never ruled directly on the constitutionality of screening passengers at the nation’s airports, but has suggested in cases involving other kinds of searches that airport searches are vital to public safety. In the first federal court test of full-body scanners, the Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit earlier this month rejected the constitutional challenge (What would Ben Franklin think of the TSA scanners?). [...]

]]> By: Lyle Denniston: Constitution Check: Is Full-Body Scanning at the Airport Constitutional? | News Bottle http://blog.constitutioncenter.org/2010/11/benjamin-franklin-underwear-and-tsa-scans/#comment-1870 Lyle Denniston: Constitution Check: Is Full-Body Scanning at the Airport Constitutional? | News Bottle Thu, 28 Jul 2011 18:47:56 +0000 http://blog-dev.constitutioncenter.org/ncc/?p=1574#comment-1870 [...] – Arguments made in a legal brief filed by the Electronic Privacy Information Center (EPIC) in its lawsuit against the Dept. of Homeland Security, decided July 15, 2011. THE CONSTITUTIONAL RESPONSE: The U.S. Supreme Court has never ruled directly on the constitutionality of screening passengers at the nation’s airports, but has suggested in cases involving other kinds of searches that airport searches are vital to public safety. In the first federal court test of full-body scanners, the Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit earlier this month rejected the constitutional challenge (What would Ben Franklin think of the TSA scanners?). [...]

]]> By: Wimpie http://blog.constitutioncenter.org/2010/11/benjamin-franklin-underwear-and-tsa-scans/#comment-1469 Wimpie Tue, 30 Nov 2010 03:25:11 +0000 http://blog-dev.constitutioncenter.org/ncc/?p=1574#comment-1469 It will end when the TSA screening becomes so burdensome (due to the continued accretion of reactive patches) that commercial passenger air travel becomes impractical and ceases to operate in the United States.

The TSA Administrator will then hold a press conference triumphantly declaring “MISSION ACCOMPLISHED.” And for the one and only time, a TSA official will be giving the public the complete and honest truth. Because the truth is that the only truly effective way to eliminate the threat of terrorist attacks on aviation is to eliminate aviation.

Then all the TSOs will be redeployed at train stations, bus stations, subway stations, and highway checkpoints. There they will administer the Homeland Security Genital Squeeze Inspection, to which all persons in the Homeland voluntarily consent whenever they leave their homes, in accordance with the Revised Standard Operating Procedure (classified Tippy-Top Secret).

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