I fully support the OP's test on the ID, however I can't support the shoes or the laptop portion. As silly as we think the shoes and laptop rules can be they do fall under the TSA's legal mandate and bounds of searching for explosives, incendiaries and weapons.

While Rosa Parks stood up, or rather sat down, against something that was legal but immoral, the OP stood up against something that is illegal and therefore immoral. It is immoral for the TSA to force a citizen to comply with an illegal ID verification. I can see and appreciate the Rosa Parks comparison.

I think studentff hit the nail right on the head. The TSA KNOWS the forced ID verification is illegal. When the issue was first brought up the TSA claimed the law to be perfect and in no need of change. After a while when they saw that the issue was not going away they changed the law in hopes of confusing the issue. They attempted to word the new law so that more people would think they have a right to verify ID when they STILL do not.

Forget the Constitution for a moment. The TSA does not have the statutory right to force an ID verification even with the new statutes going into effect on Dec. 28 2008.