Comments on: Montana Says No To Real ID http://www.thelibertypapers.org/2007/04/21/montana-says-no-to-real-id/ Life. Liberty. Property. Defending individual freedom and liberty, one post at a time. Wed, 22 May 2013 18:26:11 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: DE644 http://www.thelibertypapers.org/2007/04/21/montana-says-no-to-real-id/#comment-26058 DE644 Mon, 23 Apr 2007 20:52:03 +0000 http://www.thelibertypapers.org/2007/04/21/montana-says-no-to-real-id/#comment-26058 How many states have said no like Montana? How many are working toward saying no? Does any one know what Wyoming is doing?

]]> By: Greg http://www.thelibertypapers.org/2007/04/21/montana-says-no-to-real-id/#comment-26009 Greg Sun, 22 Apr 2007 17:41:07 +0000 http://www.thelibertypapers.org/2007/04/21/montana-says-no-to-real-id/#comment-26009 The ACLU has an interactive map about what’s going on in each state: Real Nightmare Map. There are a lot of states with rumblings, but only Montana and Washington have officially rejected the Real ID Act.

Real ID has a host of issues — cost, privacy, security, and so much more — that make it something that folks across political and social spectrums oppose. The DHS window for public comments is open until May 8th. You can find instructions over at our blog, as well as links to a whole raft of information and ways you can get involved in helping stop Real ID from taking hold.

]]> By: Joshua http://www.thelibertypapers.org/2007/04/21/montana-says-no-to-real-id/#comment-26008 Joshua Sun, 22 Apr 2007 16:43:19 +0000 http://www.thelibertypapers.org/2007/04/21/montana-says-no-to-real-id/#comment-26008 Is this even constitutional? Last time I checked, driver licensing was the purview of the states. If the Feds try to force compliance from the holdout states, I smell a challenge coming…

]]> By: Adam Selene http://www.thelibertypapers.org/2007/04/21/montana-says-no-to-real-id/#comment-26001 Adam Selene Sun, 22 Apr 2007 15:19:16 +0000 http://www.thelibertypapers.org/2007/04/21/montana-says-no-to-real-id/#comment-26001 REALID does none of what it proposes to do. It does, however, give the Federal government much more power and make it much easier to perpetrate identity theft.

Aside from that, as Benjamin Franklin said to us 225 years ago:

They who would give up an essential liberty for temporary security, deserve neither liberty or security

]]> By: Judy Aron http://www.thelibertypapers.org/2007/04/21/montana-says-no-to-real-id/#comment-25962 Judy Aron Sat, 21 Apr 2007 18:22:59 +0000 http://www.thelibertypapers.org/2007/04/21/montana-says-no-to-real-id/#comment-25962 According to ACLU-CT
Connecticut is not ready to implement Real ID. Without federal rules (and funding) necessary to implement the law and with Congress looking to fix or repeal Real ID in 2007, Connecticut should not pass piecemeal legislation this year. We should wait until the 2008 legislative session to take next steps.

RealID died last session in 2006..
http://cga.ct.gov/asp/cgabillstatus/cgabillstatus.asp?selBillType=Bill&bill_num=60&which_year=2006&SUBMIT1.x=0&SUBMIT1.y=0&SUBMIT1=Normal

Looks like this year they are more concerned with gay marriage, universal healthcare and raising our taxes than complying with REALID

]]> By: Jason Pye http://www.thelibertypapers.org/2007/04/21/montana-says-no-to-real-id/#comment-25958 Jason Pye Sat, 21 Apr 2007 15:41:25 +0000 http://www.thelibertypapers.org/2007/04/21/montana-says-no-to-real-id/#comment-25958 Georgia gutted their version of a REAL ID Act bill last night.

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