Sunday, July 24, 2011
Jesse Ventura has had enough
And has filed a suit against the TSA for violation of his, and by extension our, Constitutional rights. Ever since he had his hip replaced, Jesse sets off those metal detectors and gets a grope when he tries to fly.
Former Minnesota Governor Jesse Ventura lambasted Friday at a federal court hearing "un-American" security procedures implemented at airports across the nation in 2010.No doubt about it, Jessie got this one right. I hope he wins his suit.
He filed a lawsuit with the Transportation Security Administration in January, claiming their use of pat down searches at airport security checkpoints is unconstitutional. Pioneer Press reported that a lawyer for Ventura argued in federal court that the searches violate his Fourth Amendment right against unreasonable and unwarranted searches.
The Justice Department has filed a motion to have the lawsuit dismissed, claiming that the searches are legal and that they can only be challenged in a federal appeals court.
"In a free country, you should never feel comfortable being searched," Ventura told the Justice Department lawyer Tamara Ulrich. "This is not the country I was born in. We're a fascist nation now."
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