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WIRED - Montana governor Brian Schweitzer (D) declared independence from
federal identification rules and called on governors of 17 other states
to join him in forcing a showdown with the federal government which says
it will not accept the driver's licenses of rebel states' citizens
starting May 11. If that showdown comes to pass, a resident of a
non-complying state could not use a driver's license to enter a federal
courthouse or a Social Security Administration building nor could he
board a plane without undergoing a pat-down search, possibly creating
massive backlogs at the nation's airports and almost certainly leading
to a flurry of federal lawsuits. . .
"Today, I am asking you to join with me in resisting the DHS coercion to
comply with the provisions of REAL ID, " Schweitzer wrote. "If we stand
together either DHS will blink or Congress will have to act to avoid
havoc at our nation's airports and federal courthouses."
But Homeland Security spokeswoman Laura Keehner says DHS has no
intention of blinking. "That will mean real consequences for their
citizens starting in may if their leadership chooses not to comply,"
Keehner said. "That includes getting on an airplane or entering a
federal building, so they will need to get passports." . . .
Schweitzer's letter went out to the governors of Colorado, Georgia,
Idaho, Maine, New Hampshire, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Arizona, Hawaii,
Illinois, Missouri, Nebraska, Nevada, North Dakota, Pennsylvania,
Tennessee, and Washington.
http://blog.wired.com/27bstroke6/2008/01/montana-governo.html
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WIRED - Montana governor Brian Schweitzer (D) declared independence from
federal identification rules and called on governors of 17 other states
to join him in forcing a showdown with the federal government which says
it will not accept the driver's licenses of rebel states' citizens
starting May 11. If that showdown comes to pass, a resident of a
non-complying state could not use a driver's license to enter a federal
courthouse or a Social Security Administration building nor could he
board a plane without undergoing a pat-down search, possibly creating
massive backlogs at the nation's airports and almost certainly leading
to a flurry of federal lawsuits. . .
"Today, I am asking you to join with me in resisting the DHS coercion to
comply with the provisions of REAL ID, " Schweitzer wrote. "If we stand
together either DHS will blink or Congress will have to act to avoid
havoc at our nation's airports and federal courthouses."
But Homeland Security spokeswoman Laura Keehner says DHS has no
intention of blinking. "That will mean real consequences for their
citizens starting in may if their leadership chooses not to comply,"
Keehner said. "That includes getting on an airplane or entering a
federal building, so they will need to get passports." . . .
Schweitzer's letter went out to the governors of Colorado, Georgia,
Idaho, Maine, New Hampshire, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Arizona, Hawaii,
Illinois, Missouri, Nebraska, Nevada, North Dakota, Pennsylvania,
Tennessee, and Washington.
http://blog.wired.com/27bstroke6/2008/01/montana-governo.html
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