Ok. Going along with you calling it a "national ID", how do we deal with the problem that, for example, Florida has pretty stringent requirements to prove who you say you are to get a drivers license, as opposed to NC or TN or NY, that give them out to every Tom, Dick and Juan to come along?
Do we just give up, sing Kumbaya and pray that the illegal DUIs from these states just don't happen to meet us head-on in I95 one day?
It is. The feds define exactly what information will be on it, and how it is accessed. That it is thinly veiled as a "driver's license" doesn't change what it really is - a national ID.
how do we deal with the problem that, for example, Florida has pretty stringent requirements to prove who you say you are to get a drivers license, as opposed to NC or TN or NY, that give them out to every Tom, Dick and Juan to come along?
The Constitution's "full faith and credit" clause satisfies me. Each state implements it as they see fit, and the others respect that.
BTW: if NY's DL process is not stringent, Florida's must be downright impossible. ID for a NY license is just as strict as getting a passport.
What makes you think the "problem" is so severe? and why is getting the right name on a small card going to solve the problem?
Do we just give up, sing Kumbaya and pray that the illegal DUIs from these states just don't happen to meet us head-on in I95 one day?
Care to cite some statistics supporting the notion that NC & TN & NY drivers DUI significantly more than FL drivers? and particularly do so on I95? ...or are you just delivering an ad-hominem?