It’s not too hard to imagine where this trend is going.
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Actually, the ID cards are just the start of this particular stupidity. There are provisions in this act that essentially put the head of the Department of Homeland Security *above* all laws and judicial reviews, in pursuit of securing our borders.
See http://arstechnica.com/news… for a discussion of this particular aspect of this.