Comments on: National ID sneaked through http://techliberation.com/2005/05/11/national-id-sneaked-through/ The real problem is not whether machines think but whether men do. Sat, 05 Jul 2008 02:28:40 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: garym http://techliberation.com/2005/05/11/national-id-sneaked-through/#comment-31054 garym Thu, 12 May 2005 12:40:49 +0000 http://techliberation.com/2005/05/11/national-id-sneaked-through/#comment-31054 You aren't required to have an ID at all -- if you don't want to drive, or get on an airplane, or work for a living. But even if you throw it out, the law turns the Department of Homeland Security into a gestapo outside the reach of the law. Sec. 102 (c) (1): <blockquote>(1) IN GENERAL- Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Secretary of Homeland Security shall have the authority to waive all legal requirements such Secretary, in such Secretary's sole discretion, determines necessary to ensure expeditious construction of the barriers and roads under this section.</blockquote> So if Homeland Security wants to just force people out of their houses and tear them down (not necessarily in that order), it can. Constitutional challenges are still permitted, but only if filed within 60 days. You aren’t required to have an ID at all — if you don’t want to drive, or get on an airplane, or work for a living.

But even if you throw it out, the law turns the Department of Homeland Security into a gestapo outside the reach of the law.

Sec. 102 (c) (1):

(1) IN GENERAL- Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Secretary of Homeland Security shall have the authority to waive all legal requirements such Secretary, in such Secretary’s sole discretion, determines necessary to ensure expeditious construction of the barriers and roads under this section.

So if Homeland Security wants to just force people out of their houses and tear them down (not necessarily in that order), it can. Constitutional challenges are still permitted, but only if filed within 60 days.

]]> By: Michael http://techliberation.com/2005/05/11/national-id-sneaked-through/#comment-31053 Michael Wed, 11 May 2005 22:35:00 +0000 http://techliberation.com/2005/05/11/national-id-sneaked-through/#comment-31053 So is it going to be illegal for me to demagnetize this thing, or zap it for a few seconds in the microwave to fry any chips in it? So is it going to be illegal for me to demagnetize this thing, or zap it for a few seconds in the microwave to fry any chips in it?

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