Analysis Of Invasion Of Rights: Senator John Cornyn And Ted Cruz

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An Invasion of Rights Senator John Cornyn and Ted Cruz do you remember the tragedy on September 11, 2001, when a terrorist group called Al Qaeda attacked the Unites States. They hijacked four airplanes in mid-flight causing major chaos. The terrorists later flew two of the planes into two skyscrapers at the World Trade Center in New York City. Following 9/11, the federal government took many steps to try to make the country safer, including tightened security at airports and in public buildings. The security at airports are now participating in security screenings of selected passengers, to keep the country safe. But, in recent years, these screenings have now become increasingly inefficient due to the outdated technology and procedures. …show more content…

Americans’ have the right of privacy to deny or avoid situations that have adverse effects on their health, yet the full-body scan is mandatory in security checks. Senator John Cornyn and Ted Cruz, the Government must give the Citizens’ the privacy that is necessary to protect their health, which is being compromised once they step through the full-body scanner. Being that going through the scanner is the equivalent to receiving the amount of radiation just by sitting in an airplane, there are risks in the health of passengers with the full-body scan, for an example cancer. Senator John Cornyn and Ted Cruz, the Government should not allow the TSA subject Citizens’ to radiation for security purposes due to its hazardous effects. Accompanied with the health risk the full-body scanner is ineffective at times, for example a passenger went through airport security undetected with chemicals strapped to the inner part of his leg. The TSA must compromise and make a procedure that does not affect the health of the American’s, but is more effective than walking through the full-body scanner. This new procedure must be strict within the guidelines of how the security personnel uses the equipment, and this …show more content…

Privacy was given to American Citizens’ to protect their constitutional rights, privacy was given to protect the Citizens’ health, and privacy was given to protect the Citizens’ from unnecessary body searches. Constitutionally Citizens’ were given privacy of their beliefs, the privacy of their property, privacy against unreasonable searches, and privacy of personal information. So privacy protects them for the airports ability to search them, because the Constitution provides them with amendments protecting them and their personal belongs from being searched. Body searches are becoming ineffective once a social class is exempted from participating in security checks, and this is a vital contribution in what needs to change to keep the nation safe. The Constitution protects everyone, and this means the government must protect the Citizens’ of America from any source of hazardous exposure, which is partially the procedure of the security searches. The security searched subjects the Citizens’ to a hazardous exposure of radiation, this is a procedure being performed every day in the airport, is this not a case of the government failing to protect the citizen’s health. Airport security screenings are highly invasive, and security screenings infringe on the privacy of the American