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> Traveling is a right, regardless of what power any government exerts to claim otherwise.

A right in the US is what's defined in the Constitution. Flying is not one.

Here's a pretty important and clear amendment:

> The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States respectively, or to the people.

The Constitution defines what the government can do, not what the people can do.

And the one before it: "The enumeration in the Constitution, of certain rights, shall not be construed to deny or disparage others retained by the people."

> A right in the US is what's defined in the Constitution.

Can you back up this specious claim with hard evidence?

The burden of proof is on the person who's making the claim: if flying is a right, then surely being turned down from flying should be reason enough to call the ACLU and sue the government for discriminating against you, right?

> The burden of proof is on the person who's making the claim

Exactly. Prove your claim.

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