Feds issue threat: No fly zone over Texas

Snowmayne · 05-25-2011, 11:45 PM

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Yesterday, the U.S. Department of Justice upped the ante in a high-stakes political game of chicken. Lobbying against pending legislation in the Texas legislature which would criminalize any searches conducted without probable cause, U.S. Attorney John E. Murphy sent a letter to a few high-ranking members of Texas’ government warning against promoting the bill and threatening a complete closure of all flights to and from the state.

“If HR [sic] 1937 were enacted, the federal government would likely seek an emergency stay of the statute,” Murphy wrote. “Unless or until such a stay were granted, TSA would likely be required to cancel any flight or series of flights for which it could not ensure the safety of passengers and crew.”

Feds Issue Threat: No Fly Zone for Texas? – Tenth Amendment Center

From the author of the bill

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(Austin) - In a brazen show of disregard for the dignity and the constitutional rights of American citizens, the Department of Justice (DOJ) threatened on Tuesday to cancel flights from Texas airports if the Texas Legislature enacts HB 1937 into law.

HB 1937, a bill to stop the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) from employing invasive pat-downs of travelers’ private parts unless there is probable cause, has garnered broad support in Texas. 94 House members from both parties coauthored the bill, and the Senate has registered both a Republican and a Democrat as sponsors. The bill passed unanimously at all three stages so far-out of the relevant House committee, on both House floor votes, and again out of the relevant Senate committee. With the bill scheduled for a Senate floor vote, the DOJ issued an ultimatum to the leadership of the Texas legislature.

Either Texas backs off and continues to let government employees fondle innocent women, children and men as a condition of travel, or the TSA will cancel Texas flights. The Federal Government showed its willingness to bully the State of Texas if attempts to protect passengers from being forced to give up constitutional rights are not dropped.

David Simpson for Texas | Blog | Release - DOJ Threat: We Touch Your Privates or You Don’t Fly

And sadly 12 senators have backed down, which means the bill which was passed by both dems and republicans, will now not be passed.

**SageTree** · 05-26-2011, 05:46 AM

zerodown · 05-26-2011, 06:16 AM

America! land of the Fre...Fucked.

Bearsy · 05-26-2011, 01:40 PM

I hope they secede.
I'd move there in a hot second.

**SageTree** · 05-26-2011, 02:00 PM

Hot.... Texas.....?

I KNOW there are hot minutes there

And people bitching on facebook when it's 'down' to 65f

AH.... poor bay bay!!!!!

kamikazi89 · 06-22-2011, 05:45 AM

so protecting citizens from unreasonable searches is unconstitutinal(acco rding to Holder) when it involves the FEDS

more pretzel logic brought to you by the Obama admoinistration

kamikazi89 · 06-22-2011, 10:44 PM

oh no, a war may have been lost, the battle continues to this day

**SageTree** · 06-23-2011, 06:58 AM

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Originally Posted by Roach

Texans were already pretty pissed about federal confiscation of century old family properties, in order to build that big fence to keep illegal mexicans (among others) out ?

Being angry about century old family property.....

What did the Native Mexicans/Americans have to say about that?

(Crazy how this one doesn't even account for anything before 1784

.... but not realllly that surprising....

)

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