According to The Washington Times (2011), like most Americans, these Lone Star State lawmakers are fed up with being groped, irradiated and photographed in the nude as a precondition for travel. Such treatment would come to a halt in Texas if House Bill 1937 became law. The measure proposes serious criminal penalties for any "public servant" who touches a passenger in a sexual or otherwise offensive way absent probable cause.
The prospect of TSA bureaucrats being hauled out of airport terminals in handcuffs has sent the agency scrambling."What's our take on the Texas House of Representatives voting to ban the current TSA pat-down?" the official TSA blog asked in an article posted Saturday."Well, the Supremacy Clause of the U.S. Constitution (Article VI Clause 2) prevents states from regulating the federal government."In other words, Uncle Sam has unlimited powers, and there's nothing the states can do about it.
Do you think the above statement is accurate? Why or Why not?