Originally Posted by kaukau
Wouldn't freedom of expression apply to the TSA agent as well?
The freedom of expression line does not apply to government employees acting in an official capacity in this situation in the way it does to private citizens (i.e., non-government US persons for purposes of this discussion); that's the case for a whole litany of legal and politico-philosophical reasons which would be a new thread in and of itself. The reported actions of the government employees at MKE results in de facto intimidation and hostile discriminatory treatment on the basis of a private citizens engaging in constitutionally-protected forms of political expression.
Originally Posted by kaukau
Wouldn't freedom of expression apply to the TSA agent as well? Afterall, he may have expressed it, but did he act on it? GUWonder?
Taking out the TSA wand and beating the passenger into a pulp for expressing legal political opinions is not the only means by which the government can violate the First Amendment.