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Old Dec 1, 2005 | 3:54 pm
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Originally Posted by n5667
I don't think there is - but really, this is an airpline owned by a private company operated for commercial benefit - how does the law apply in this case?

We don't search private planes, after all...
Commercial airlines are common carriers and as such are held to higher legal standards.

Originally Posted by n5667
Of course, where's the supreme court opinion holding that the government can't search passangers flying on commercial airliners?
Perhaps you may want to review the Bill of Rights including Amendment X that states, "The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States respectively, or to the people." Rights are not granted by the government to the people. The people grant the rights to the government. But that concept is too often buried and forgotten in the analysis of issues.
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