| Subject: Ask Governor Perry to Tell the TSA: Come and Take It! |
| From: "Texas Campaign for Liberty" <texas@campaignforliberty.com> |
| Date: 6/1/11, 18:25 |
| To: Barrett Brown <barriticus@gmail.com> |
| texas@campaignforliberty.com |
URGENT: ASK the GOVERNOR To Include
The TSA Bill – HB
1937
In His Call For a Special Session
This is a “Gonzalez Moment” for Our 4th Amendment
Rights
Which Protect the Dignity of Travelers
Governor Perry will probably call a special session immediately (Tuesday, May 31st) or possibly in July. He can call up
multiple pieces of legislation at his discretion. Please call, fax, email, or write
Governor Perry requesting him to include HB 1937 in the Special Session.
Contact
the Office of the Governor
800-252-9600 Texas
512-463-2000 Main
Switch Board
512-463-1782 Austin & Out of State
Contact Form (click to
go)
512-463-1849 Fax
P.O. Box 12428, Austin, Texas 78711
HB 1937 prohibits public officials from
groping
the private parts of travelers as a condition of travel
A public
servant while acting under his office or employment as a part of a search of another person to grant access to a publicly accessible building or form
of transportation intentionally, knowingly, or recklessly searches another person without probable cause; and touches certain private parts
including through clothing or in a manner that would be offensive to a reasonable person.
HB 1937 Will Stand Up to Scrutiny
• It does not contravene any federal statute. The Dept. of Justice wants to hide behind the Supremacy Clause to allow them to do whatever they want. But the US Constitution and
the 4th Amendment apply to them, too. Police officers cannot even grope people the way TSA does to 60,000 people every day.
• The Supreme Court has ruled that the 4th Amendment is a minimal standard
and that the States under the 10th Amendment can further protect their citizens.
• The Attorney General has said that if the bill becomes law and is challenged, he will defend it under the the 9th and 10th
Amendments.
Broad Support for HB 1937
•
95 Bipartisan Joint/Coauthors in the House
•
Passed unanimously by the House
•
A majority in the Senate support it
•
Enjoys statewide & national support
•
Texas is one among at least ten states in the process of passing similar legislation
This legislation is designed to protect the freedom and dignity of people by stopping
the treatment of travelers as criminal suspects and the forcing of innocent citizens to submit to unreasonable and humiliating searches without
probable cause as a condition of travel.
For Texas and Liberty,
Debbie McKee
Texas Campaign for Liberty
