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MrBubbles said:


if you are only protected from unreasonable searches...and its not unreasonable to be expected to be searched when boarding a plane, for everyones safety, then its not unconstitutional.

Leaving aside how that's quite different from what you said earlier, I have to point out that this is not exactly what "unreasonable search and seizure" means either, not by a long shot.  Airline passenger screening is permitted under the administrative search exception,* not because it's "not unreasonable to be expected to be searched when boarding a plane."  It's going to be a very important nuance.

*Essentially, the search is done for non-criminal purposes.  The court weighs the privacy loss against the societal need, AND there must not have been a less intrusive manner for the search.