Comment by lotsofpulp
2 hours ago
A national ID card scheme has existed for many decades. It’s called a passport.
There is no reason a digital equivalent can’t be made using the passport system, and it can be left optional, just like passports are optional.
> just like passports are optional
"Border controls aren’t supposed to exist between EU member states – that’s the promise of the 1985 Schengen treaty. Yet today, travelers routinely face checks when crossing borders within the [European] union"
https://euobserver.com/198454/law-professor-sues-germany-for...
What relevance does that have to the US federal government offering a digital ID verification system on top of existing passport infrastructure?
EU did border checks without digital IDs being a thing, so why couldn’t US states do a border check without digital IDs?
Digital IDs are not a causal factor for these concerns, seeing as how those government abuses already happen without digital IDs.