Every person who, under color of any statute, ordinance, regulation, custom, or usage of any State or Territory, subjects, or causes to be subjected, any citizen of the United States or any other person within the jurisdiction thereof to the deprivation of any rights, privileges, or immunities secured by the Constitution and laws, shall be liable to the party injured in an action at law, suit in equity, or other proper proceeding for redress […]
Title 42 of U.S. Code, Section 1983
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WTnAbIk3j9w
It's time for the lawsuits to flood the TSA. Even if they somehow are successful in having the cases dismissed or claiming "qualified immunity" - the sheer number of complaints/suits that could be generated by the flying public would quickly begin to outpace the agency's resources to deal with them.
If frequent flers alone had the courage to resist these efforts openly - and file the necessary complaints with TSA's internal affairs department and local police at the airports - something would give. As long as complaceny and acceptance by the flying public is the norm - the TSAwill only become more bold in their efforts to violate civil rights in the name of "safety".