Originally Posted by
cottonmather0
Completely off topic, but the growing incidence of "no refusal" DWI (at least in Texas) is quite disturbing in this regard. The idea that a judge will rubber stamp a "warrant" - based on nothing more than the recommendation of a traffic cop - to violate your your body and draw blood against against your will is extremely disturbing to me and seems to pervert the entire premise of the 4th Amendment in order to violate an individual's 5th Amendment rights. .
Most states condition the issuance of a driver license on your consent to submit to a blood test. This, to me, is reasonable (as compared to the "consent" at the checkpoint). The extent of the search is very clear at the time of consent, the search is tailored to the purpose it serves, and the search is effective in improving the safety of the travelling public. All three of these points are doubtful when applied to TSA searches.
As far as "forcing" a blood draw... That does seem kind of silly. Why not just make refusing a blood draw a crime that carries the same punishment as a DWI? The only time I could see a forced blood draw as neccesary is in the case of a more serious crime resulting from the DWI (vehicular manslaughter, etc).