On Tue, Nov 27, 2001 at 04:13:23PM -0600, Jim Choate wrote:
On Tue, 27 Nov 2001, Duncan Frissell wrote:
Americans and their Drivers Licenses. There's something funny about them.
************** http://www.washingtonpost.com/ac2/wp-dyn/A32717-2001Nov2?language=printer
"States Devising Plan for High-Tech National Identification Cards
By Robert O'Harrow Jr. Washington Post Staff Writer Saturday, November 3, 2001; Page A10
State motor vehicle authorities are working on a plan to create a national identification system for individuals that would link all driver databases and employ high-tech cards with a fingerprint, computer chip or other unique identifier."
Fortunately it will be found unconstitutional, states can't make treaties and such between themselves.
Section. 10.
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No State shall, without the Consent of Congress, lay any Duty of Tonnage, keep Troops, or Ships of War in time of Peace, enter into any Agreement or Compact with another State, or with a foreign Power, or engage in War, unless actually invaded, or in such imminent Danger as will not admit of delay.
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. -- Michael A. Gurski (opt. [firstname].)[lastname]@pobox.com Hail Eris! -><- All Hail Discordia! O- http://www.pobox.com/~[lastname] 1024/39B5BADD PGP:3493 A994 B159 48B7 1757 1E4E 6256 4570 1024D/1166213E GPG: 628F 37A4 62AF 1475 45DB AD81 ADC9 E606 1166 213E My opinions are mine alone, even if you should be sharing them.