RE: Drivers License as ID Card

2001-11-28 Thread Sandy Sandfort
Inchoate backpedaled: > Why would Congress/President not invoke a > National ID card themselves while allowing > the states to do it with their permission? > Why would Congress/President hand power > over to the states they didn't want to > exercise themselves? > > Answer: They won't. Correct an

Re: CDR: Re: Drivers License as ID Card

2001-11-28 Thread Jim Choate
On Wed, 28 Nov 2001, Bill Stewart wrote: > Congressional approval for this sort of thing is about like the > proverbial ham sandwich that prosecutors can get grand juries to indict. Actually it wouldn't be. Compare and contrast national ID cards developed and authorized by Congress and the Pres

Re: Drivers License as ID Card

2001-11-28 Thread Bill Stewart
At 06:01 PM 11/27/2001 -0600, Jim Choate wrote: >On Tue, 27 Nov 2001, Michael Gurski wrote: > > > I guess it wouldn't be unconstitutional if Congress approves it... Or > > does this not count as an "Agreement or Compact with another State"? > > Somehow it reads that way to me. > >The problem, the

Re: Drivers License as ID Card

2001-11-27 Thread Jim Choate
On Tue, 27 Nov 2001, Michael Gurski wrote: > I guess it wouldn't be unconstitutional if Congress approves it... Or > does this not count as an "Agreement or Compact with another State"? > Somehow it reads that way to me. The problem, there is no real support. If Congress was so motivated they