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bigblu89 posted...

Thats not what that right covers, thought.

The right is based on the GOVERNMENT not taxing you/charging you a fee or requiring paperwork. Which is why there arent checkpoints at state borders like there are when going into Canada or Mexico.

Airlines provide a service. That service has set requirements. Some of those requirements cost money to obtain.

That has zero to do with what you keep quoting from the Constitution, particularly this point:

There are no papers/card necessary to travel from point A to point B within the US. No one is stopping you from walking, running, biking, etc.

To travel by privately owned airlines? Yes there is.

Which is set by the airlines. And the airlines can be regulated by the Federal government.

So the Fed can say that airlines may not sell tickets to customers who have no ID. And then airlines can then demand a customer produce an ID card.

The federal government cannot, though, make it a requirement of the people under it's jurisdiction to obtain an ID in order to travel.

See the difference? The end result is the same, but how it's accomplished is very different.