[Lazamataz]

The TSA does what it does to keep us SAFE. Citizens who drive run a gauntlet of Law Enforcement to keep them SAFE. How many people would support dismantling the local traffic patrols? Not many. People start wailing about saving lives. U.S. citizens are very supportive of authoritarian law enforcement. The equation of safety and acceptance of tyranny is decided.

Bullshit.

Traffic enforcement is done with 'probable cause' criteria and standard police limitations (although DUI issues are a marked deviation from this, I will grant you).

But this is WITHOUT probable cause, WITHOUT warrant, and WITHOUT police limitations. Lawsuits are proscribed, all Constitutional protections are discarded, and no recourse and remedy is available.

Apples and Oranges.

[keats5]

The Fourth Amendment reads as follows:

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.