Originally Posted by Spiff
They already have ruled on the issue. With regards to commercial aviation (and most other public facets of American life), discrimination on the basis of race, creed, color, national origin, sex, political affiliation, or beliefs is prohibited.
When one deems people to be "more suspicious" based on their appearance, not only is one a racist, but one may be breaking the law and violating their civil liberties if one acts on that prejudice.
As far as I was aware, we were talking about the security screenings in general - not about special screenings for specific ethnic groups, etc.