This sounds like something the late Jim Croce would warn against. There are some things that smart people just don't do. Probably if you are a TSA agent you don't detain a United States Senator especially one named Rand Paul. Senator Paul has been detained by the TSA in Nashville. I'll bet there is weeping and gnashing of teeth in Washington after the libertarian senator arrives. There was an "anomaly" when he walked through the scanner. He offered to walk through again but TSA insisted on a full body pat down which he refused.
Update: The detention was both illegal and unconstitutional. The U.S. Constitution actually protects federal lawmakers from detention while they’re on the way to the Capital.
“The Senators and Representatives…shall in all Cases, except Treason, Felony and Breach of the Peace, be privileged from Arrest during their Attendance at the Session of their respective Houses, and in going to and returning from the same….” according to Article I, Section 6.
The Senate is back in session today at 2 p.m., with votes scheduled at 4:30 p.m.
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