According to Davis, the guards barely glance at the IDs, let alone write down names or check them against a list. "It's just an obedience test," says Gail Johnson, a lawyer recruited to represent Davis by the American Civil Liberties Union of Colorado. "It does nothing for security."
So they ask you to show your ID just so they can make sure you’re willing to produce an ID for the government.
I am not the government’s dancing bear.
I'm glad this woman is challenging this. It does sound a lot like "an obedience test" to me too. Of course FedGov will claim that you automatically waive all your rights by entering "federal" property.
I must say that I was pleasantly suprised that it took 12 posts to get to the first supporter of the ever-expanding police state.