The National ID Is Back
(The Rutherford Institute) —The Rutherford Institute has joined with a national coalition of organizations to vigorously oppose any effort by the federal government to force states to comply with the Real ID Act of 2005. The Real ID Act would essentially establish a national ID by requiring states to comply with costly and restrictive federal licensing standards aimed at creating a national database of drivers’ licenses.
Alternately derided as a national ID card, a violation of the Tenth Amendment, an unfunded mandate, and a threat to civil liberties, the Real ID program has largely stalled, primarily due to mounting opposition from the states, many of which have adopted laws or resolutions opposing it.
In its letter to the House Judiciary Subcommittee on Crime, the coalition—comprised of The Rutherford Institute, the ACLU, the Constitutional Alliance, the Electronic Frontier Foundation, and the Liberty Coalition, among others—warned against Congress or the Department of Homeland Security attempting to revive the Real ID program, insisting that doing so would not only be costly to the states, but would also jeopardize civil liberties by facilitating the government’s ability to track Americans—a clear violation of the Fourth Amendment.
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Alternately derided as a national ID card, a violation of the Tenth Amendment, an unfunded mandate, and a threat to civil liberties, the Real ID program has largely stalled, primarily due to mounting opposition from the states, many of which have adopted laws or resolutions opposing it.
In its letter to the House Judiciary Subcommittee on Crime, the coalition—comprised of The Rutherford Institute, the ACLU, the Constitutional Alliance, the Electronic Frontier Foundation, and the Liberty Coalition, among others—warned against Congress or the Department of Homeland Security attempting to revive the Real ID program, insisting that doing so would not only be costly to the states, but would also jeopardize civil liberties by facilitating the government’s ability to track Americans—a clear violation of the Fourth Amendment.
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