[seanica]

It will have to be all-or-none:

Last May, Texas tried to pass a bill to ban 'groping patdowns'.

The bill was passed by the Texan House of Representative, but then the federal government, approx 1-2 weeks later, threatened to shutdown all Texan airports because they would be a threat to the overall security. The bill failed to go any further on that threat.

http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/05/13/us-tsa-groping-tex...

http://www.texastribune.org/texas-legislature/82nd-legislati...

[arohner]

I really wish they would have made the feds call that bluff. Dallas and Houston are the #8 and #23 airports in the world by traffic.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Worlds_busiest_airports_by_pass...

[angersock]

That would have been hilariously satisfying.

"Sure, we'll shut down DFW and IAH. Your move."

[canadiancreed]

With the political climate in Texas, I'm sort of surprised it didn't become another brick in the wall for the successionists in that state.