Real ID

<a href="http://www.billingsgazette.net/articles/2007/01/31/news/state/23-legiids.txt" >House rejects federal ID card program</a><br />n<br />n<blockquote>The House gave bipartisan support Wednesday to a pair of bills that would make Montana one of the first states in the country to say ''no'' to federally approved national identification cards.<br />n<br />nThe measures by Reps. Diane Rice, R-Harrison, and Brady Wiseman, D-Bozeman, are nearly identical. Rice's won unanimous tentative approval, while Wiseman's was endorsed on a 99-1 vote. Final votes are scheduled Thursday.<br />n<br />n''We're asking Congress to recognize that they have made a mistake, and to undo it,'' Wiseman said. ''The cards aren't secure, with no prevention for ID theft. They won't protect us from terrorism.''<br />n<br />nBoth called the federal Real ID Act of 2005 an attempt by the federal government to usurp power from state governments, and said it threatened an individual's right to privacy, which is guaranteed by the Montana Constitution.</blockquote><br />n<br />nWell, for once the Legislature is doing the right thing. I guess they can't always be wrong.<br />n<br />n<strong>The soul's impurity consists in bad judgments, and purification consists in producing in it right judgments, and the pure soul is one which has right judgments. Epictetus</strong>