Congress rethinks the Real ID Act

[Jeffrey]

Opposition is growing to a forthcoming digital ID card for American citizens, but it may be too late to make sweeping changes to the controversial identification requirements.
During a congressional hearing on Tuesday, Sen. Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.) savaged the Real ID Act as an unwarranted intrusion into Americans’ personal lives that a Republican-controlled Senate enacted two years ago without a single hearing or debate.

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[didymus]

Opposition is growing to a forthcoming digital ID card for American citizens, but it may be too late to make sweeping changes to the controversial identification requirements.
During a congressional hearing on Tuesday, Sen. Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.) savaged the Real ID Act as an unwarranted intrusion into Americans’ personal lives that a Republican-controlled Senate enacted two years ago without a single hearing or debate.

news.com.com/Congress+rethinks+the+Real+ID+Act/2100-1028_3-6182210.html?tag=nefd.lede

Since we’re shredding the Bill of Rights anyway we should just go straight to a national ID card instead of going halfway with Federal standards for State ID cards.