[RickM]

And then there's this:

"Real ID Act Faces Opposition

Several states are threatening law suits or even disobedience should the Real ID Act bill be signed by the President and come into effect. The Real ID Act requires states to ask driver's license applicants for a birth certificate, a photo ID, proof of Social Security number, and a document with full name and home address. Illegal aliens who won't be able to show all the proof could still get a driver's license, but it will be marked with different colors or have a different design. This type of license can't be used as an ID to board a plane or enter a federal building.

The states' main complaint is the additional expenses and work the new system will create. It will leave the individual states with a huge bill and will make getting a driver's license for law-abiding applicants more difficult.

The irony of this new rule is that everybody agrees on a better and safer system of identification with driver's licenses, but how to actually put the system in place seems to be a insoluble problem."