Saturday, February 28, 2004

Civil liberties take another hit in Ashcroft's America. I can't imagine that the Supreme Court wouldn't overturn the lower court's ruling on having to provide identification at all times. If I'm out running, I don't carry ID and shouldn't be required to. If you go for a walk around the neighborhood, you shouldn't be required to carry ID. This seems to be a true overreach of the powers of law enforcement in a democracy. But this is what is truly scary in the argument above:
    Even some conservatives, such as Arizona Sen. Jon Kyl, support the idea of so-called Social Security cards with biometric identifiers such as retina scans and electronic fingerprints.

How can someone call themselves a conservative yet favor cards with retina scans and electronic fingerprints? This is very frightening if the case stands. Via BitchGirls.
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