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^^^^^^^Originally Posted by InkUnderNails
I would like to add to #1, and IANAL. There is no "Constitutional" administrative search. It was carved out by the courts in the 1960's for totally unrelated reasons and has been expanded and applied far beyond the courts original intention. Subsequent opinions have added to the scope and breadth of the administrative search to the point that TSA feels everything it does applies under various interpretations and the 4th amendment is inoperative at their CP. The phrase "Administrative Search" is used to effectively silence its critics.
Administrative search contradicts the black and white language of the 4th Amendment. You don't need to be a lawyer to understand what that Amendment means--it is uncommonly clear. If people want to get rid of it, fine, get rid of it by amending it out. That requires a vote.
There are good solutions and bad solutions and allowing this violation of a basic right guarantees a bad solution that results in granny strip searches. If the limits of the 4th are respected, you will only get good solutions that everyone can live with.