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Re:TSA considers new system for flyers without ID by R0b0t1 on Tuesday August 11, 2020 @03:06PM (#24124500)
You do have the right to travel. The constitution does not specify a mode. Ergo, all modes are protected equally, and no-fly lists are unconstitutional. It's not like you get a background check to buy a printing press.

The ACLU mounted an attack on the no-fly list that was credible enough government changed procedure.

This would imply drivers licenses and car registration are also unconstitutional. You can tax them and have traffic laws, but not do those things.

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Re:TSA considers new system for flyers without ID by InitialLastName on Tuesday August 11, 2020 @03:29PM (#24124841)
> You do have the right to travel. The constitution does not specify a mode

The constitution does not specify the first bit either; it's all been inferred by court rulings [0]

[0]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freedom_of_movement_under_Unit...

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Re:TSA considers new system for flyers without ID by R0b0t1 on Tuesday August 11, 2020 @03:40PM (#24125024)
I'm aware, my view is the court's current views are incomplete. Courts can be wrong.

What draws the most interest is the right to enter states freely. Combine that with the need to travel and participate in commerce and you quickly arrive at the conclusion the right to travel in general must also be protected, and indeed we can see the hardships brought upon people when they are unable to drive, etc.

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Re:TSA considers new system for flyers without ID by ac29 on Wednesday August 12, 2020 @01:07PM (#24134187)
Good luck arguing your opinion though - go watch a few videos of "sovereign citizens" trying to argue they don't need a driver's license to "travel" when pulled over driving.
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Re:TSA considers new system for flyers without ID by saalweachter on Tuesday August 11, 2020 @08:50PM (#24127584)
Always remember the Ninth Amendment: the rights enumerated in the constitution are not more real than the rights which were not explicitly listed.
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Re:TSA considers new system for flyers without ID by MichaelBurge on Wednesday August 12, 2020 @12:57AM (#24128717)
If you fly between states you're engaging in interstate commerce. So the federal government can ban it.

Even if someone offers you a flight for free, that takes away from alternatives like driving(which funds gas stations, hotels, restaurants, etc.). So your choice to fly affects interstate commerce, and they can ban that too.

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