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O’Keeffe: Real ID Is Not About Keeping You Safe

Today, after nearly two decades of implementation and delays, the federal government’s new identification requirements for traveling by plane domestically or entering federal buildings technically go into effect. This federally-compliant ID card—known as Real ID—can only be attained with specific records and documents laid out by the federal government. It’s labeled by a black or … Read more

REAL ID: Phony Security, Real Authoritarianism

Those who hoped the second Trump Administration would reject big spending, war, and restrictions on liberty continue to be disappointed. A new disappointment came when Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem announced her department would in May begin enforcing the REAL ID law. Passed in 2005, the REAL ID Act created federal standards for … Read more

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Legislators Push Back On REAL ID

Many a soul has resisted the national call to accept REAL ID in place of most states’ standard driver’s licenses. Every state is in compliance with the federal mandate, though not every driving licensed citizen needs to be. Those concerned about giving more information to the Feds to archive have friends in every state, including … Read more

What’s Real and What Isn’t

Sometimes posting  the news can appear to be a real endorsement. Not true. We clear that up then work over the impending imposition by DHS of Real ID rules upon Granite Staters, a Federal mandate the Democrats in New Hampshire nullified back in 2007.

Nullification….Liberal Style

Back in 2007, when the New Hampshire legislature was dominated by Democrats, Liberals, Progressives, and all other sorts of flotsam and jetsam, something interesting happened: They nullified a federal law…..Gasp! Yes, sir, they certainly did.  New Hampshire’s HB 685 nullified the REAL ID Act, passed in 2005 and signed into law by George W Bush, … Read more

Nullification…Liberal Style (part deux)

Thanks to the NHTPC, I found a video in which Carol Che-Porter, then candidate for Congress (beating Jeb Bradley shortly after), spoke at a NH Tea Party rally! Yes, it’s true!  Gadsden flags were flying, tri-corner hats were worn, and such liberty-loving creatures as Rep. Neal Kurk, Elbert Bicknell (GONH), Katherine Albrecht, and former State … Read more

Veto of HB 1549 by NH Gov. John Lynch – does anyone ever really proof this stuff?

HB 1549’s official title is  “AN ACT prohibiting the use of motor vehicle records for any federal identification database.”

There were three changes to RSA 260:14

  • III. Motor vehicle records may be made available pursuant to a court order or in response to a request from a state, a political subdivision of a state, the federal government, or a law enforcement agency for use in official business. The request shall be on a case-by-case basis. Any records received pursuant to this paragraph shall not be further transferred or otherwise made available to any other person or listed entity not authorized under this paragraph. No records made available under this section shall be used, directly or indirectly, for any federal identification database.
  • Changes the ID of a Federal form (I-151 to I-551) – NH has no control over this
  • Change United States Citizenship and Naturalization Service to United States Citizenship and Immigration Services – NH has no control over this

The latter is a simple change reflecting the name change that the Feds have done to themselves.  The first is basically saying – we continue to no support the REAL ID program (which NH has never agreed to participate in).  See for yourself – here is the entire bill:

AN ACT prohibiting the use of motor vehicle records for any federal identification database.

Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:

1 Motor Vehicle Records. Amend RSA 260:14, III to read as follows:

III. Motor vehicle records may be made available pursuant to a court order or in response to a request from a state, a political subdivision of a state, the federal government, or a law enforcement agency for use in official business. The request shall be on a case-by-case basis. Any records received pursuant to this paragraph shall not be further transferred or otherwise made available to any other person or listed entity not authorized under this paragraph. No records made available under this section shall be used, directly or indirectly, for any federal identification database.

2 Employment of Illegal Aliens Prohibited. Amend RSA 275-A:4-a to read as follows:

275-A:4-a Employment of Illegal Aliens Prohibited. No employer may employ an alien whom the employer knows is not a citizen of the United States and not in possession of Form [I-151] I-551, Alien Registration Receipt Card or any other document issued by the United States Citizenship and Immigration [and Naturalization Service] Services or the Attorney General of the United States which authorizes him or her to work.

3 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.

Gov Lynch (or his speechifiers), in his veto, decided that instead of supporting this narrow, limited prohibition in participating in REAL ID-by-another-name, they decided to drag in irrelevant issues in order to beclown Gov. Lynch (hey, he has a few short months – don’t waste that time crisis!):

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