Originally Posted by
greentips
Agreed. I was about to edit the post to clarify, but you beat me to it. Because of the role of the Union Army during reconstruction, the use of the military in administration and law enforcement is banned under the Posse Comitatus Act, and I think it would include TSA activities within the territory of the United States. The lawyers would know the legal limits better than I, I just read history.
Excellent point about the Posse Comitatus Act. It would have to be ex-military, not current military.
Bringing back even a whiff of Reconstruction and Carpet Baggers would cause a lot of problems in many areas of the south.
The first time an armed screener shot a passenger would likely bring about such a howl of disgust that any politician that had voted for it would be out of a job in a hurry.