Hold those in charge personally responsible. Find them in contempt. Lock them up. Go as far up the executive chain as necessary. Have the civilian police deactivate/seize any scanners until the TSA falls into compliance.
The TSA has definitely forced an awkward situation. But it's not one without recourse. The government is always accountable to the people and must obey the law.
If the country paid anything more than lip service to the rule of law and personal liberty, these actions would have already been taken or at least credibly threatened to force this issue along.
Don't be dramatic. The US government is very accountable as far as governments go. The judge hasn't held anyone in contempt yet because foot-dragging isn't really an egregious disrespect to the court in a procedural battle like this one. What the judge is ordering the agency to do is have a public notice & comment on regulations governing the use of these scanners. Writing up proper notice takes a lot of time because any defects in the notice set up a later legal challenge. They're late on this, but agencies always are.
> "They're late on this, but agencies always are."
Months-late could be attributable to the somewhat understandable slow wheels of over-careful i-dotting and t-crossing. But we're going on years-late. And the court had to order the TSA to give so much as a status update after 13 months of failure to comply and official silence.
> "Don't be dramatic. The US government is very accountable as far as governments go."
Its fairly responsible, despite a few large events, however this is one issue that the US is not grasping the magnitude of.
The TSA is not just impacting your own citizens, think about foreigners visiting, what a great first impression! I've stopped flying through SFO or LAX whenever i visit Sydney or Toronto. I now go through Vancouver every time. It costs me more, but i'm tired of US immigration / TSA shenanigans.
I agree, TSA is a very egregious agency that seems to have been let loose like a bull in a china store. But it's unusually bad as far as federal agencies go.
Hold those in charge personally responsible. Find them in contempt. Lock them up. Go as far up the executive chain as necessary. Have the civilian police deactivate/seize any scanners until the TSA falls into compliance.
The TSA has definitely forced an awkward situation. But it's not one without recourse. The government is always accountable to the people and must obey the law.
If the country paid anything more than lip service to the rule of law and personal liberty, these actions would have already been taken or at least credibly threatened to force this issue along.