Both. I flew commercially (> 75K miles/yr) for three decades without any ID required.
So I ask you, what happened to that right I once possessed?
Moslems, shoebombers, and 911
Things change. At one time you could get a drivers license at the drugstore for 2 bits with no test. I think I'm glad that this is no longer possible.
Ids to fly have been required for 15 years. I haven't seen any degradation of peoples rights because of this. I also don't feel any impingement of my rights by having to show an ID to vote or buy alcohol.
A person can remain anonymous if they want, but they cannot expect the rest of society to cooperate. There's some things you can't do anonymously, everyone makes their own choices.
Real ID. Conn has produced a Real ID compliant drivers license.
Real ID came out of the 9/11 commission, then out of Congress in 2005, without too much controversy
But gradually, opposition grew until, as the article points out 20 states were opposed.
Then it came to a head in 2007 with the immigration reform legislation. Real ID linked to employee verification linked to a data base created by merging the DHS, SS, and IRS databases.
That all subsided in Dec 2007 when they said Real ID was going to be "delayed"....................