Texas bill would outlaw some TSA searches

[fatbuckRTO]

This bill, H.B. No. 1937, is currently going before the Transportation and Homeland Security Committee in the Texas Senate.

http://www.capitol.state.tx.us/tlodo...pdf#navpanes=0

A person who is a public servant commits an offense if the person:
(1) while acting under color of the person ’s office or
employment [he]:
(A) [(1)] intentionally subjects another person
to mistreatment or to arrest, detention, search, seizure,
dispossession, assessment, or lien that the actor [he] knows is
unlawful;
(B) [(2)] intentionally denies or impedes
another person in the exercise or enjoyment of any right,
privilege, power, or immunity, knowing the actor ’s [his] conduct is
unlawful; or
(C) [(3)] intentionally subjects another person
to sexual harassment; or
(2) while acting under color of the person ’s office or
employment without probable cause to believe the other person
committed an offense:
(A) performs a search for the purpose of granting
access to a publicly accessible building or form of transportation;
and
(B) intentionally, knowingly, or recklessly:
(i) touches the anus, sexual organ,
buttocks, or breast of the other person, including touching through
clothing; or
(ii) touches the other person in a manner
that would be offensive to a reasonable person.
(b) For purposes of this section, a person who is a public
servant acts under color of the person ’s [his] office or employment
if the person [he] acts or purports to act in an official capacity
or takes advantage of such actual or purported capacity.

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[Particle Man]

They will argue that they only search those who have purchased a ticket and therefore consented to any search or detainment they find appropriate.

This won't have any teeth. I applaud the sentiment but it will be ineffective.

[fujimoh]

I support the TSA 100% I don't fly so I won't be in their way and won't have to deal with them

[Homeslice]

^ troll alert

[fujimoh]

Originally Posted by Homeslice

^ troll alert

Why, because I refuse to spend my money to wait in long lines and be molested and abused by a system that should be abolished? If more people followed my lead this sbhit would stop.

How long before you stand in line to have your SS# tattoo'ed on your forearm or a RFID chip implanted? If they aren't stopped now, this will be the future

[Homeslice]

Originally Posted by fujimoh

Why, because I refuse to spend my money to wait in long lines and be molested and abused by a system that should be abolished? If more people followed my lead this sbhit would stop.

How long before you stand in line to have your SS# tattoo'ed on your forearm or a RFID chip implanted? If they aren't stopped now, this will be the future

Now that's more like it. It was the "I support the TSA 100%" that confused me.

[Avatard]

http://www.tenthamendmentcenter.com/...-constitution/

[Mikey]

The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, and no Warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause, supported by Oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be searched, and the persons or things to be seized.

That's the 4th Amendment to the Constitution, folks. I'd like to know where exactly the TSA fits into that.

[Particle Man]

Originally Posted by Mikey

That's the 4th Amendment to the Constitution, folks. I'd like to know where exactly the TSA fits into that.

It doesn't. At all. The government is using Clear and Present Danger as an excuse to go around the 4th Amendment. Or should I say, MISusing

[Gas Man]

It's a basic thing and part of the our Bill of Rights. There is no side stepping, misusing it, or go around. That's BS and until more people stand up to it, the govt will continue to abuse us.