Originally Posted by
eyecue
There is another term that we use BUT suffice it to say that it means interfering with the screening process and I know that you dont like the nude o scope, but trust me, you dont want the attention that you are going to get from voicing or displaying your opinion in that manner. You could end up on a nude o scope all the tme list.
How does it constitute "interfering with the screening process"? Unless the concern is that something can be concealed in a closed hand (except for one extended finger), it is 100% protected First Amendment speech (see Cohen v. Superior Court). Also, do an FT search on, "Kip Hawley is an idiot," for the adventures of an FTer who wrote this on his "freedom baggie," and got to explain the Constitution to a couple of TSOs and their supervisor.
Honestly, it wouldn't have occurred to me to do this until I read your post (nothing personal). As a firm believer in the First Amendment, now I'm inclined to test your hypothesis.
And what is this secret list you're describing? Is this the watch list? Any TSO who uses the list as retaliation for a perceived, but otherwise lawful, insult could and should wind up on the receiving end of a lawsuit, not just against TSA for the constitutional violation, but against the TSO personally for abuse of process and officious intermeddling.
Originally Posted by
DevilDog438
You do realize that you swore an oath to uphold and defend the Constitution of the United States, right?
I doubt that he did. TSOs aren't law enforcement officers. They're no different than postal clerks and I sincerely doubt they were required to swear any oath, given that they have
no legal power to do anything other than verify identity and perform a limited administrative search to verify that no weapons, explosives or incendiaries are admitted to the sterile area.