Re:The TSA's New $45 Fee to Fly Without ID Is Illegal
by nobody9999 on Monday February 02, 2026 @09:30PM
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As I mentioned[0] a few months ago after the TSA announced the $45 "fee":
...The courts have repeatedly struck down limits on domestic travel over the
past couple hundred years.
In fact, the $45 "fee" is an acknowledgment that you aren't required to have
special documents to travel within the US. Otherwise, they just wouldn't let
you travel.
So instead, they're making more security theater and punishing you if you
don't comply with their demands...
And now the birds are coming home to roost. No real surprise there, IMHO.
[0] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46128346