[EL] boarding plane without showing ID

[Robbin Stewart]

On Fri, Sep 9, 2011 at 6:55 AM, Justin Levitt <levittj at lls.edu> wrote:
Boarding a plane makes it convenient to get from LA to DC, but it's not a
constitutional right, much less a fundamental one.)

Actually, boarding a plane to get to DC to testify to a senate committee
involves the right to travel and the right to petition. The right to travel
is analyzed with some sort of balancing test rather than strict scrutiny.
The right to travel to the seat of government for petition purposes is one
of the privileges and immunities of the 14th amendment.
I forget if that comes from Twining or Slaughterhouse or where. More info
about (my brother's friend) john gilmore at http://papersplease.org.

Living in America, one needs to learn to defend against people trying to
separate you from your money or your rights. There is a process for when a
government official wants to see your papers and effects, that is spelled
out by the fourth amendment among other sources. I don't fly often, but when
I do I don't show ID. I regularly try to vote, and don't show ID, with
varying results.  One that still has me stumped is the ID requirement for
entering a federal courthouse. I have not followed up with letters to the
federal marshall's office asking for a copy of the policy, and the judicial
orders authorizing the policy. If anyone has done this I'd be interested to
know.

Robbin Stewart


Nope -- nothing technical about it. I'm hardly the first one to point this
> out, but for the last five years at least, I've been trying to explain that
> the TSA -- like the vast majority of other enterprises in American life that
> ask for ID -- prefers photo ID, but accommodates those who don't have it.
>
> You can find a brief description of the TSA's consistent policy here (
> http://www.truthaboutfraud.org/pdf/CrawfordAllegations.pdf), on page 23,
> or published in Gilmore v Gonzales, 435 F.3d 1125, 1129-30, 1133 (9th Cir.
> 2006), or (if you can find it) in FAA Security Directive 96-05(1)(C).
>
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