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Old Apr 24, 2009 | 10:12 am
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PoliceStateSurvivor
 
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Originally Posted by LoganTSO
I think it's awesome. It does close a potential security risk, ie suicide bombers setting themselves off in a ticket queue.
Application of this argument to its logical conclusion would suggest that anyone can be searched anywhere. How is this constitutional?

As I understand, we have to submit to administrative search in order to board an aircraft. Why should a person who is meeting an arriving passenger be subjected to a search? Please cite a legal precedent that allows it.
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