Ron Paul Introduces Legislation to Protect Americans From TSA Groping: “The American People Are Being Treated Like Cattle” (Video)
Posted by Jim Hoft on Friday, November 19, 2010, 1:35 PM
Rep. Ron Palul (R-TX) introduced the “American Traveler Dignity Act” (HR 6416) today against the invasive TSA screenings.
The Washington Examiner reported:
Rep. Ron Paul took to the house floor to introduce legislation against the invasive screenings of the TSA.
During his speech, Paul denounced former Homeland Security chairman Michael Chertoff and big companies making money off of airport scanners and said that the American people were being treated like cattle.
“The argument from the executive branch is that, when you buy a ticket you have sacrificed your rights and that the duty of the government is to make us safe.” said Paul, “That isn’t the case, you never have to sacrifice your rights. The duty of the government is to protect our rights, not to use them and do what they have been doing to us.”
Here is Congressman’s Paul’s speech today on the House floor:
Dallas Blog posted the bill today:
A BILL – HR 6416
To ensure that certain Federal employees cannot hide behind immunity.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. NO IMMUNITY FOR CERTAIN AIRPORT SCREENING METHODS.
No law of the United States shall be construed to confer any immunity for a Federal employee or agency or any individual or entity that receives Federal funds, who subjects an individual to any physical contact (including contact with any clothing the individual is wearing), x-rays, or millimeter waves, or aids in the creation of or views a representation of any part of a individual’s body covered by clothing as a condition for such individual to be in an airport or to fly in an aircraft. The preceding sentence shall apply even if the individual or the individual’s parent, guardian, or any other individual gives consent.
Paul added this on the bill:
It’s very simple, it’s one paragraph long. It removes the immunity from anybody in the federal government that does anything that you or I can’t do. If you can’t grope another person and if you can’t x-ray people and endanger them with possible x-rays, you can’t take nude photographs of individuals, why do we allow the government to do it? We would go to jail. He’d be immediately arrested if an individual citizen went out and did these things, and yet we just sit there calmly and say, “Oh, they’re making us safe”.
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Granny commented:
Good for Ron Paul! Now, I hope this bill can be enacted with the same undue speed that this particular Congress passed that emergency first bailout legislation in 2008. Literally overnight!
MooseOfReason commented:
His name’s spelled wrong at the beginning of the article.
Also, there is video of the speech that received more than 39 views. I don’t know whether that was done on purpose, to measure how many people click through from here to watch the video.
Granny commented:
Here is the link to the video that has more views – nearly 100K when I copied the link -
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d-N5adYM7Kw
ebayer commented:
He should’ve waited until all the new Republicans are seated.If this goes to be voted on now,all the DEMS will kill this bill.
Kirstin commented:
Thank you, Congressman Paul! Now we all need to apply pressure to our own House members and senators to vote for it.
Joanne commented:
Good for Ron Paul. The real terrorists are those Democrats in Office who think up this sheite, but never intend for themselves to ever be subjected to it – something like the Obama Health Care Plan – they won’t be part of that either.
olds-mo-william commented:
Bravo! Bravo! Bravo! **clap** **clap** **clap**
Muffin commented:
I just became a Paulite. ABOLISH THE TSA!
Sasja commented:
This is not good enough. We need to dismantle Homeland Security and along with it TSA. The TSA degenerates need to be given their walking papers. Hire Israeli security at the airports. They know how do the the job right.
Andreas K. commented:
If this form of “security” violates the 4th Amendment of the Constitution (which it seems to do), why is a law necessary?
The argument that you forsake your rights when you buy a ticket is nonsense. The ticket is a contract between me and the airline. The government has no say in that contract as they are not a party of it.
The All Real Numbers Symbol commented:
Yes! Reason returns!! Thank you Ron Paul!
bitterclinger commented:
The Paulians get a bad rap sometimes, but this time, their fearless leader is right. Thank you, Congressman Paul.
bertogem commented:
Still think Ron Paul is a nut, Jim?
ebayer commented:
@#13
Sometimes you feel like a nut,sometimes you don’t…
Granny commented:
Andreas K., here in the US government employees are in general immune from lawsuits for actions they take in performance of their duties. So, at the present time some TSA thug can pull a pubescent girl out of line without adult knowledge or permission, take what are essentially naked pictures of her – pictures that would put him in jail for child pornography in every state in the nation – then proceed to perform and “enhanced” pat down that includes a full cupping of the girl’s breasts, running his hands under her underwear and digitally manipulating her genital area without any fear of consequence. As federal employees they are immune from prosecution.
THOSE actions, performed by anyone over 18 in every state in the Union and anyone over 16 in a good number of states, would in any other instance result in charges of sexual assault and statutory rape, charges that lead to lengthy jail terms and a lifetime of registration on the Sex Offenders list. (As a matter of fact, some of these TSA agents may very well already be on the Sex Offenders list.) Registration as a Sex Offender controls what jobs you can have, where you can work and in some places even where you can live.
What this law does is remove that immunity.
Bunni commented:
God Bless Ron Paul, this bill had better pass, instead of that horrid “dream” act.
Granny commented:
#16 November 19, 2010 at 3:11 pm
Bunni commented:
God Bless Ron Paul, this bill had better pass, instead of that horrid “dream” act.
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We’ll see. The bill – HR 6416 is currently “in committee”. If it follows the course of most bills, that is where it will remain. You can follow the status of the bill (and I suggest that we all do – the more interest the better) here -
http://www.govtrack.us/congress/bill.xpd?bill=h111-6416
Luckily, this bill is in just a single committee – House Judiciary. There are 40 members of that committee. You can view the entire list by clicking the link on the main bill page.
Also note, that getting this bill through the House is just one step. A similar or identical bill must also be passed through the Senate and it needs to be introduced by a Senator.
One other thing. Any bills that have not been passed when this Congress expires in early December will have to be introduced all over again in the new Congress to be seated in January and begin the process all over again!
Fuzzy commented:
God Bless Ron Paul for standing up for Americans and for the Constitution.
rumcrook commented:
I dont care for paul, he has undertones of anti semitism and his paulbots are really annoying.
that said he is doing the right thing and fighting back against the “empire”
bg commented:
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re: A BILL – HR 6416
i agree, same goes for producing ones BC..
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mark commented:
A little dated but a good reminder of TSA’ s mission. (overreacting to small threats, ignoring the big ones)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VaHqD5OAYi0
AuntieMadder commented:
While they’re directing all our attention toward TSA, what else is congress up to that they don’t want us to notice until it’s a done deal?
Granny commented:
AuntieMadder commented:
While they’re directing all our attention toward TSA, what else is congress up to that they don’t want us to notice until it’s a done deal?
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Pushing through the Dream Act for one thing. I heard whispers of a second big stimulus move last week. And a newsletter I just got from Debka claims that Obama has given Israel an ultimatum that they put in another settlement freeze and give up all but about 4% of the West Bank or he will draw the borders himself and shove them down Israel’s throat. He is, in effect, saying “get in the boats.”
Josh commented:
I hope this man runs for president again. He is exactly what we need.. someone who is not given over to the New World Order, progressive think tanks/round table groups, and he wants to cut the size of govt..
Too bad most of the republican prospects are members of the CFR. That is another group which erodes American sovereignty. I would like to see Mike Huckabee take a stand and forsake the CFR. It is a global think tank.
avery commented:
Send the TSA to the souther Border.
TxBitty commented:
Bivens Actions
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bivens_v._Six_Unknown_Named_Agents
…Bivens v. Six Unknown Named Agents, 403 U.S. 388 (1971)[1], was a case in which the United States Supreme Court ruled that an implied cause of action existed for an individual whose Fourth Amendment freedom from unreasonable search and seizures had been violated by federal agents. The victim of such a deprivation could sue for the violation of the Amendment itself, despite the lack of any federal statute authorizing such a suit. The existence of a remedy for the violation was implied from the importance of the right violated.
rumcrook commented:
see what I mean about paulbots being annoying?