Great post by the OP. ^
Originally Posted by
FliesWay2Much
So, I guess the way to challenge all this in court is to be stopped, detained, and arrested for an alleged crime having nothing to do with civil aviation security and challenge that the SPOT program (and perhaps some checkpoint procedures) is really a Terry Stop out of control.
Absolutely. Someone, somewhere must first mount a challenge with a viable legal argument. (For an example of a legal argument that was not ultimately viable, see
Gilmore v. Gonzales {formerly
Gilmore v. Ashcroft}.)
Until someone, somewhere comes up with the wherewithal
and resources to mount a better challenge, no ruling is possible.