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Montana Says No to Real ID, Passes Law to Deny It

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on from the good-lines-in-the-sand dept.

SoCalChris writes "Montana's governor signed a bill yesterday in defiance of the Real ID Act. House Bill 287 [PDF] requires the Montana Motor Vehicle Division to not implement the provisions of the Real ID Act, and to report to the governor any attempts by any agent or agency of the Department of Homeland Security to attempt to implement the bill. Montana is the first state to implement such a law."

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  1. Constitution by iamacat · · Score: 5, Insightful

    US constitution never envisioned federal government regulating every small detail of our lives, be it a form of ID used or smoking pot in the privacy of one's backyard. It aberrant to subject 149 million people to a preference of 151 million. It's time to delegate most decisions to state level, where they would be hopefully passed on to local governments to honor the spirit of constitution (that was written when the whole US population was smaller than some metropolitan areas now).

  2. Re:About Time by Pharmboy · · Score: 5, Insightful

    California and South Carolina still haven't been able to setup databases for child support payments by divorced fathers. What makes people think they can sync their DLs with the feds?

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  3. Re:Good for them. by halo8 · · Score: 5, Insightful

    who hasn't broken some law or another?

    Thats the key phrase, right there.
    who hasn't broken some law or another?

    For those people that dont care about CCTV and Orwellian ideas that they have in Britain because they dont think of themselvs as a criminal, Think Again.

    In Singapore chewing gum and spitting are crimes
    Speeding is a crime, not using your turn signals is a crime
    Books and CD's have been banned in schools
    Trans Fat is illegal in some cities

    And it works both ways, Republicans or Democrats, Left or Right.
    What if gun were banned?
    Missed Child Payments
    what if using a racial slur was a criminal offense
    Getting angry and making a threat.
    Vengeful Neighbours
    Banning certain music or concerts dances clothes
    its goes on and on and on

    Sadly, its not to hard to imagine.

    Once the goverment gots you, the GOT you, your in the system.
    good luck trying to fly
    good luck renewing your license (Driving, Hunting, Practicing whatever...)
    good luck getting a job or a mortgage

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