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Old Sep 30, 2009 | 10:41 pm
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Originally Posted by Janus
1. Depends, but by and large, Congress has a strong case that air travel is interstate commerce so they trump the state.
That makes sense when applied to cars traveling on highways, yet the feds implicitly accept that they do not have this power (by way of the "no money if you don't submit to our DUI standards" blackmail).

Why does Congress (the beginning of far too many stupid questions) admit it has no power over interstate driving, yet claim it has power over intrastate flying? Can one to start an intra-state airline and ignore the TSA?
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