The position you hint at can be dangerous in that it can be used to defend almost any disgusting practice not yet covered by a court.
.... and almost any action where the perpetrator of the action has not had his/her action deemed a violation of the law by a court -- that includes actions which
may be considered criminal.
With regard to states/local officials trying to put the squeeze on the TSA, one way of doing that is to hike up the rents and/or not give in to the TSA's demands for more space. At some of the airports in the country, the TSA is even pushing for build-outs and more borrowing of money in order to do build-outs to serve the TSA's ever demanding increase for space at airports.