Comments on: The Real ID squeeze — do we need passports to fly domestically?

By: clarise

clarise — Thu, 10 Dec 2009 14:50:54 +0000

so with the passport law felon’s can’t fly anymore. so my brother who did his time and is a tax paying american with a family and a bussiness can no longer fly. this is very funny to me because the idoits who flew the planes into the buildings …HAD PASSPORTS…
I think this is just a nother way to make the middle american suffer.
family’s can barely afford to fly to see grandma and grandpa. now the have to spend hundreds of dollars to get passports. the airlines already suffer so people will just drie and they will stop flying.

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By: Rebecca

Rebecca — Mon, 07 Dec 2009 18:08:09 +0000

Thanks for raising awareness of this important issue. I just bought a January plane ticket without being aware of this potential problem.
I went to both the links you referenced above, but neither has a concise list of who is in compliance and who is not in the eyes of the federal government.
A Wikipedia article on this subject also mentions that states may file an extension to the upcoming deadline, which allows them until 5/11/2011.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/REAL_ID_Act

By: Dave

Dave — Mon, 07 Dec 2009 17:18:22 +0000

It’s the states’ fault they have not enacted laws guaranteeing secure ID’s. I suspect it’s tied up with issue of whether to issue Drivers’ Licenses to illegal aliens. What is REALLY needed is a national ID. But wait, we have one — it’s the US Passport!

By: Charlie Leocha

Charlie Leocha — Mon, 07 Dec 2009 07:01:47 +0000

For an overview of the current situation see http://www.realnightmare.org/news/105/. There are maps showing the overall rebellion against the Real ID Act. Here is another interactive map.

By: MCGJr.

MCGJr. — Mon, 07 Dec 2009 05:18:38 +0000

And, pray tell, WHERE is the LIST of the states that have not complied so your readers will know if they REALly have an ID problem????

By: Tim

Tim — Sat, 05 Dec 2009 04:07:26 +0000

John – why harp on the states when they were given all these inane rules but no money to implement them?

Instead, we should tell the US federal government to mind the Constitution and butt out where the States have the say–like in state-issued drivers’ licenses.

Of course, the US federal government has over-stepped its boundaries for decades, so I guess I should not be surprised about this REAL ID/ PASS ID stupidity. If we can’t trust the states to determine who should be given ID’s, how could we trust the US federal government? I trust those in Washington less than I do in my state’s capital.

By: john

john — Fri, 04 Dec 2009 21:28:26 +0000

Charlie … it isn’t Homeland Security’s problem that states failed to act to make their IDs compliant. Why aren’t you harping on the states? How many years have they had to change their IDs to be compliant and failed to do so? 40% of the states were some how about to make it happen.

Otherwise, we’ll just become like Europe where your passport is the preferred form of ID to get on an airplane. Even when staying within the same country.