Originally Posted by
chollie
The current actual 'intel' clearly shows that the vast majority of pax around the world just want to take a plane to somewhere and land safely.
According to a filing in one of Corbett's cases whose seal TSA messed up and thereby leaked, TSA has intel that there have been zero credible threats to US domestic aviation in the last decade.
Originally Posted by
gingersnaps
As Professor LaFave notes, should the government decide to screen all passengers on trains, buses or cars, such a procedure could not be upheld on grounds of implied consent, in the absence of a constitutionally sufficient justification.
FWIW, there's a circuit split about whether administrative searches (like airport) are justified by implied consent and notice, or a priori based on reasonableness.