Despite Real ID opposition, as symbolized by web sites like realnightmare.org, an ACLU site, unrealid.com and blogs like stoprealidnow, the 2005 law isn’t going away. The federal government even tried to soften the monetary blow when it issued its final compliance regulations earlier this year. But in the end, it’s as U.S. Department of Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff said when the regulations were first rolled out: “The rule is the rule. It was passed by Congress, it was enacted into the law of the land, and I’m obliged to enforce it.”
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