<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by cthvglm:
Just because I choose to fly, doesn't mean that I have to accept that I give up my constitutional rights. </font>
If you actually read the United States Constitution, you'll find nothing in there that shields you from security checks as precursors to private business transactions.
When you pay for something with a credit card and the cashier asks to see your ID, do you complain that your constitutional rights are being violated?
When you apply for a mortgage and the banker wants to see last year's tax return, do you complain that your constitutional rights are being violated?
When you go to a ballgame and the guy at the gate checks your cooler to make sure you're not bringing a fifth of whisky into the park, are your constitutional rights being violated?
No. No. No.
Exactly the same principle is at work with commercial air travel. You can choose not to use the facility, but you have no "constitutional" exemption to the preconditions.