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The deadline of yet another, and perhaps the most insidious, element of the post-9/11 initiatives (a partial list of which includes the establishment of the Transportation Security Agency, the Department of Homeland Security, and a never-ending international war against a nebulously-defined, noncorporeal enemy, "terror") is less than one year from coming to fruition. Beginning no later than October 1, 2020, citizens of all US states and territories will be required to have a Real ID compliant card or US passport to board a commercial plane or enter a Federal government facility. Pundits citing the inevitability of what amounts to a national ID card have, regrettably, been vindicated.
https://www.aier.org/article/while-you-slept-government-created-internal-passports/
(Score: 2) by All Your Lawn Are Belong To Us on Wednesday November 06 2019, @06:57PM (3 children)
And one has the right to challenge the law in the judiciary. If it indeed removes discovery, then it will be a due process violation and it is only a matter of time until it is struck down. Anyone convicted in the interim where the law change may have played a factor will be turned loose once the law is overturned.
Now if it were nothing but a republic (or a pure democracy) then there could be no judicial review. So maybe it's best that we have the system we do.
This sig for rent.
(Score: 2) by RS3 on Wednesday November 06 2019, @07:30PM (2 children)
Well stated. I'm always worried when I hear of laws that remove basic rights, due process, etc. I don't like that the police will drag someone away in handcuffs solely on one person's say-so, for example. You've given me some hope, thank you.
(Score: 2) by Nobuddy on Thursday November 07 2019, @03:22PM (1 child)
Gitmo.
(Score: 2) by RS3 on Saturday November 09 2019, @11:06PM
Aaaaand, right back to depressed about the govt.