I love the ACLU. Sometimes, they irk me, but far more often than not, they're on the right side of civil liberties. Here they are again railing against the big-government boondoggle that is Real ID.
http://www.realnightmare.org/news/105/
This Real ID came out of Bush and has made applying for a driver's license an absolute ordeal.
Far too frequently, the self-advertised party of limited government is engaging in some form of big-government activity that runs afoul of someone's civil rights. More often than not, the ACLU is trying to protect someone from the limited-government folks. Ironic, indeed.
If Mitch wants to claim any sort of Conservative, limited-government, credentials, he ought to get opposition to Real ID in high gear before he makes Hell out of Hoosiers' lives. Of course, the Republicans are the same party that wants ID restrictions prior to voting. Ted ("Todd") Rokita stumped with the fallacious "since you need a driver's license to do x, y, and z, you should need one to vote" argument. Thankfully, that horrible requirement was stricken by the federal courts. If Indiana is to have Real ID, let the trials of such national identification not pollute other areas of a person's life.
Better yet, be a Conservative, Mitch, and strike down Real ID.
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