According to Google's AI's overview, "Congress passed
the REAL ID act in 2005. This law
established minimum security standards for state-issued driver's licenses and
identification cards, and it also restricted the acceptance of these
state-issued ID's for boarding commercial flights and entering certain federal
facilities. The act was enacted in
response to the recommendations of the 9/11 Commission."
However, oddly, my research has showcased the blue states
refusal to allow real ID voting, as noted in New York State's informational
(see above on my research list) that indicates among other things that no
"real ID" is **needed for voting**, and similar instructions re the
notice that that real ID is only necessary for security when flying
commercially at the websites of other states' DMV.
I cannot avoid asking the question of why security is needs
for flying commercially but not for voting, and so I included information about
the constitutional right to vote, with from the USA.gov and from another POV
about who has the right to vote in Federal elections. Nonetheless, SCOTUS has weighed in for a
number of landmark cases, and the justa-website notes that since 2003 there
have been adjustments that may have weakened previous attempts to more strictly
define the scope of the amendments to the Constitution that define the right to
vote, and which I have cited in the title of this post, is "The dilemma of
real ID," that mandates more security for flying and for knowing who is in
this country and where they come from, which will have to be determined when
someone shows up at the airport without a "real ID."
It is clear, the 21st century has been a violent
one, with wars waged, but not yet another world war, however, the EU and the UK
have recently updated their Visa requirements and mandate that everyone have it
to enter both, thus, it is not only the USA or the current administration that
has determined the need to insure who are the persons entering the country are
properly ID'd coming only for the required period of time on their Visa., every
nation wants to protect their borders from persons with the intent to do harm.
Thus, it is important
to know more about how travel can be a double edged sword if the persons
entering a country have the wrong intentions, meanwhile, happy traveling
knowing that your travels will be more safe, and the memories will be just as
priceless.
