[johnbender]

At the outset the article rather bizarrely casts the subject circumstances as a matter of government incompetence in its design and execution of an identification standard as opposed to the reality it then reports on which is DHS tripping over itself to justify unlawful detention of US citizens without cause.

[woodruffw]

Yes, this article is junk. The motivating story in it is an actual REAL ID and a genuine US citizen; no evidence is presented that the REAL ID is actually unreliable for its purpose other than the claims of an agency that’s bungling its own illegal operations.

[b00ty4breakfast]

that would be Reason's ideological slip showing.

[ranger_danger]

I wouldn't be surprised if they tried to use this as justification for a national ID, even though (to my knowledge) that would require amending the Constitution (or just ignoring it).

[wrs]

The last thing they want is a reliable ID. It would make arbitrary detentions even less justifiable.

[boredatoms]

We already have a national ID - its the passport

[dylan604]

Which would be hilarious as it was the right that opposed just such a national id when proposed during the Clinton administration

[SpicyLemonZest]

As the article says, the Real ID is very much a version of national ID compatible with the US’s strong tradition of federalism. Immigration authorities don’t want a reliable form of identification, they want to detain lots of people, because Stephen Miller gave them a target of 3,000 arrests a day.

[JKCalhoun]

I like the idea of a Real, Real ID.

[Wowfunhappy]

Why would a national ID require a constitutional amendment?