So the government can strip you naked before it has even been proven you did anything wrong but it can't force you to buy health insurance and not game the system? It's just absolutely ridiculous.
I haven't developed an opinion on this yet but comparing this situation to health care is ridiculous especially considering the realities low percent of the population that gets arrested and the circumstances are completly differnt in the two situations.
Obviously the two cases are separate from each other, but it's just interesting where they draw their lines on what constitutes constitutionally protected freedom. So if they rule the healthcare law unconstitutional they would basically be saying that the government can't force you to buy health insurance, which everyone does need considering how pricing works in American hospitals and the healthcare system in general, but it can force you to strip naked and have your asshole examined without even having a day in front of a jury. Also don't be so sure you won't ever be put in this position. Could they do this to you if you get caught for a DUI? Could they do this to you when you haven't even done anything wrong, and won't even have a chance to prove your innocence before they inspect behind your testicles? I associate this sort of behavior with fascist, authoritarian nations, not America.
Lief, I think BK explained pretty well why this is unnecessary. You can get highly sensitive metal detectors and do thorough pat downs to make sure nothing metallic, however small, gets through. This is only useful in finding drugs I would think. And it's not such a high priority that we have to strip search possibly innocent individuals.
