(CNN) – Count Jesse Ventura among fliers who don’t want their “junk” touched by Transportation Security Administration agents.
The former Minnesota governor and pro wrestler filed a lawsuit Monday in federal court in Minnesota against the Department of Homeland Security and the TSA.
The suit alleges enhanced airport security procedures, including pat-downs and full body scanning, violate Ventura’s rights under the Fourth Amendment, which protects Americans from unreasonable searches and seizures.
Thank you Bin Laden for advancing the true cause of the internet.
Meanwhile the TSA will try to spin the bombing at Moscow’s Domodedovo airport into the need for more security.
But they are fighting a losing battle. Sell your airport stock now!
Eventually, we’re going to need telepresence rigs to pseudo-go places because we can’t fly anymore.
(Why are British ISPs being such unmitigated pricks over a Tiered Internet? Imagine an AT&T or a BT telepresence rig over the internet guaranteed not to suffer from any stutter. Ca-ching!!!)
Dismal–you show a chronic misunderstanding of the law ((BobboEdit–and everything else. Haw, Haw!!)). Like words, every legal concept has “a context.” Since you haven’t linked to anything that would explain your fumblings any better than you have, I will assume the “unreasonable” you refer to is in an arrest context==having nothing to do with TSA security at airports. Different Context unless you have a link discussing security as opposed to law enforcement/arrrest. What you are saying is all the metal detectors that governments run are illegal? Or that failing a metal detector is not a reasonable basis for pat down/x-rays?
Is that your position, or do you have some actual case law/reasoning/argument/analysis beside raw assertion?
If the SCOTUS’s position is so clear on the subject, how is it that the lower courts are deciding this way and that way? Silly.
Also silly the notion that “there is a Constitutional right to be free….” That rendition/telling/summation of Constitutional rights is downright retarded==or should I say “dismal” if not hysterical?
I’d say focus, but your problem is entirely different.
Bully for the asshat moron.
Good luck with that
Whether he’s successful or not, it’s a form of protest that hopefully garners attention and support.
The basic question is how effective are these practices and is the reduced risk (if any) of a terrorist attack worth putting millions through these invasive and time consuming searches?
You can make the argument that even one life saved is worth it, however, we take potentially life threatening risks every day. No one has really asked the American people if we want this.
Certainly you want to prevent planes from crashing into buildings but I’m assuming procedures have been put in place to limit the likelihood of that happening again beyond just screening passengers.
I think it’s great to have someone, that’s been in the public eye, bring a case like this against the TSA. It will get national coverage and attention. At the very least, the TSA might consider giving it’s employees sensitivity training. The TSA’s biggest problem has been the poor attitude and immature actions of their employees…and maybe the fact they haven’t caught anyone dangerous.
Someone explain to me how the enhanced pat-downs and full-body-scanners would have prevented the bombing at the airport in Moscow.
Or how they could prevent the same thing from happening at any airport in the USA.
What no one is gonna go there????
OK The BODY doesn’t want his Body scanned.
Oh joy!
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If my job requires me to travel by commercial airline, and my employer has reason to know that I am subject to intrusive patdowns by the TSA, can I sue my employer for subjecting me to sexual harassment or at least a hostile work environment?
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# 26 – because with longer lines for security and more fat lazy TSA staff, when a bomb is detonated in the queue for the security check then there will be more shrapnel absorbing material between you and the device.
I wish I could believe he’s doing it for the right reasons (feeling violated), but sadly he has a reputation for shameless self-promotion. The truth is, he’s probably only doing it for his TV show.
@bobbo,
If you don’t want to be molested, don’t go to an airport??
What’s the matter with you? You takin a likin to a molestin paternalistic government?
There are few lawyers wanting to step up to challenge the government… because they harbor dreams of being the government. To Grow Up and be a Lawmaker, a Judge, etc…. more government is exactly what most of the craven barristers in the USA want most.
TSA = Security Theater
bobbo = statist shill
The problem here is the gubment is interfering with the right to private contract between passengers, airlines and airports. Security should be left up to the airports and airlines. If you feel that being physically assaulted and molested is necessary, you can fly with the airline and airport which provide that. If you feel otherwise, you can take your business elsewhere. The free market will disseminate what is necessary and accepted to provide the best balance between comfort and security. Unlike the one size fits all, top down, corrupted gov solution.
Also, I don’t think most people realize that whether you like the TSA and the job their doing or not, YOU HAVE TO PAY FOR IT. Whether you use it or not, YOU HAVE TO PAY FOR IT. That’s really the crux of the problem. Government is not held accountable. It is not subject to market forces because it gets paid whether it provides a satisfactory service or not.
bobbo is so pro “big brother” I think he probably is a TSA agent…or a troll…or more than likely just a snake oil salesman, ’cause last I checked, there aren’t any malarial mosquitoes in my part of the world, so I probably won’t need those nets he’s trying to sell….
Way to go Jesse! Let ‘em have it.
# 37 Ken in Berkeley said:
“Way to go Jesse! Let ‘em have it.”
Word!
Someday terrorists will realize they don’t need to bomb planes, just bomb the long lines for the planes. How does the TSA protect against that? It is quite silly.
But Arab terrorists are one-trick ponies and quite stupid. What is their odd preoccupation with planes? Do airplanes represent Western superiority over their camels or something?
39 – I’m with you. If I were a terrorist I would want to scare as many people as possible. Watch for bombs in shopping malls. Random Greyhound buses blowing up on the highways. Trains derailing. How about setting off a smoke grenade in a big city with a note attached warning “Next time – Cyanide!” All would be easier than taking down an aircraft and spread the paranoia around.
Right now the terrorists are spending almost nothing while the TSA alone spends 7 billion a tear. Terrorism is getting a free ride!