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Old Feb 9, 2009 | 10:54 am
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Originally Posted by law dawg
This is one of the areas that I was thinking of when I posted this topic. This is one of the areas that seems to me to be butting up against the Constitution. But then, of course, we come to the question of whether or not there's a Constitutional right to fly. We obviously have a right to travel, but the conveyance itself isn't really specified. If aircraft are disallowed there are still a number of other conveyances available. They just might not be as efficient.
If I remember correctly there are areas in Alaska which are only reachable by air.

Regardless, the conveyance argument is a strawman. The government is not allowed to restrict newspapers because television exists. Civil liberties are not dispensatory.
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