True, but up here in Alaska all citizens, including children, will be required to have a passport simply to drive from Alaska to Idaho. I don't know how flying from here to Seattle would be affected.
Government always claims that it acts for our protection, but the results are for us usually inconvenient, annoying, insulting, and ineffectual.
"I don't know how flying from here to Seattle would be affected."
You only have to show your DL to get on the airplane, you don't even go through customs.
You would not be affected if you fly from Alaska to Idaho. It would not even affect you if the aircraft stopped in Canada as long as you remain on the plane or put into a holding area where you would wait to take off again.