EXCERPT NYP OP-ED: Under the Real ID Act of 2005, all states must soon adopt rules for driver’s licenses similar to New York’s (pre-Spitzer) requirements. But now New York itself may be violating the federal law. It’s hard to see how Spitzer’s verification plans can meet the national-security goals of the Real ID Act:
After all, it’s also easier to falsify foreign records - say, to bribe a clerk in Mexico to give you a legal ID in someone else’s name. Spitzer is right to criticize the federal government for America’s incoherent and inefficient immigration system. But his rewriting of New York’s DMV rules doesn’t fix that - it just adds to the whole mess.
Did you read some of the comments from that link I posted? Compared to what’s said here they’re quite scathing. Nobody in their right mind supports this lamebrain policy so Spitzer’s blaming it on the “far right wing” sounds like desperation to me. I think he’s in the process of cracking up...