TSA and Power vs Right

The United States Government does not have the right to search people getting on airplanes.  they need probably cause, and a desire to travel is not probable cause.  It does not matter if and when a judge says they may do so, in that case the judge would be wrong.

The United States Government does have the power to search people, in violation of the constitution which is where the US govt gets its right to exist.  So the USGovt is caught in an internal contradiction, it denies its very warrant for existence.

A lawyer once said to me the job of lawyers is to keep government honest.  OK, when?  And how do government workers, lawyers, keep government honest.  There is an inherent internal contradiction.

Every time a citizen resists perfidy by government workers who operate under the "color of law" then the constitution is being defended.

When the TSA agent asks if I consent to a search, and I say no, I am defending the constitution against someone shredding it.  Of course, to escape retaliation I have to quickly say, you have the power to search, but not the right to search, this is good enough for them.  As long as they get to do the act they want to do, good enough.  For now.

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