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Ameer wrote:Is intrastate flying free of TSA abuse or has the constitution been repealed for security theater?

It doesn't matter if the flight is interstate or intrastate. The FAA still has jurisdiction over the flight and airline, and FAA regulations require security screening. If an airline just stopped screening passengers the FAA would suspend or revoke their 121 certificate, which would essentially put the airline out of business.

VoiceofReason wrote:How does TSA have authority to “shut down the airports”?

Most airports are owned by the cities or counties and the FAA controls air traffic. I have been told on good authority that the FAA cannot even “shut down” an airport.

The TSA can't "shut down" the airport, per se. They can, however, refuse to screen passengers and cargo. CFR Title 14, Part 121.538, says that the airlines have to follow the rules in 49 CFR Chapter XII. 49 CFR, Part 1544, lays out the airport security screening regulations. What it comes down to is that if the TSA refuses to screen passengers they have, in effect, shut down the airport.

It wouldn't stop people from traveling by air. It would just stop them from traveling by airline.

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