Matt Kernan had fun with his rights regarding the TSA...
Next time you have a few hours to spare, and don't need to be anywhere, follow his lead and exercise your superfun Constitutional rights!
Food for thought:
At least with regards to the Marines JAG Corps, if you have an arrest on your record within the past year (non-conviction notwithstanding), you cannot apply to join said branch (at least until one year after the arrest date). Thus, due to the ridiculousness of the TSA situation, if you decide to defend your Constitutional rights, you CANNOT join the military.
**This is something that occurred to me after I read about the "Strip-Down Passenger," who is facing two misdemeanor charges after he fought for his Constitutional rights.
Well, Talya, you seem to have tied yourself up in knots again by dealing in principled absolutes. On one hand, you believe in individual rights and the 4th Amendment, and conclude that the TSA's suspicionless screening is unConstitutional. You may well be right there. On the other hand, you believe that the military is always right and good.
ReplyDeleteYou've got a conflict here, and you choose to resolve it by what amounts to pilpul - the TSA is, you believe, deceitfully smearing potential military recruits as unfit for service should they put up a fuss about suspicionless screening.
The actual military point of view, however, is that there are places to assert individual rights and dignities and the service is not generally one of them. If you can't even make it through an airport with all the other sheep without kicking up a big fuss, they probably really don't want you. You're probably not going to make it through basic training, you'll get sent home on psychological grounds for 'failure to adjust'. If you're not by nature an obedient type, they don't want you. If you won't drop your pants for the airport screener when told to, how can they ensure you'll charge an enemy trench when ordered to?