More conservative criticism of the so-called conservative Congress.

Two things trouble this author: National ID Cards (defacto ID cards anyway).

AND - this awesome authoritarian power to be granted to the Homewland Security czar to suspend any law, without judicial review.

Reason: The Beast is Back: “Real I.D.” for an all too real world
Even beyond the I.D. material, there’s some nightmare procedural moves in H.R. 418 on an unrelated topic—immigration control, the bill’s major concern—that helps show exactly where this Homeland Security business is meant to lead. Conflicts have arisen between some environmental statutes and building new border barriers allegedly vital to homeland security. But H.R. 418 takes care of that. See Sec. 102, which contains this delightful example of the Rule of Man-not-Law:

Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Secretary of Homeland Security shall have the authority to waive, and shall waive, all laws such Secretary, in such Secretary’s sole discretion, determines necessary to ensure expeditious construction of the barriers and roads under this section.

(2) NO JUDICIAL REVIEW- Notwithstanding any other provision of law (statutory or nonstatutory), no court shall have jurisdiction—

(A) to hear any cause or claim arising from any action undertaken, or any decision made, by the Secretary of Homeland Security pursuant to paragraph (1); or

(B) to order compensatory, declaratory, injunctive, equitable, or any other relief for damage alleged to arise from any such action or decision.

That any member of U.S. Congress could vote for a law with such a provision—giving one (non-elected, no less) official the power to override any existing law, exempt from any judicial oversight or relief, in pursuit of his goals ought to be enough to chill your blood, kids, and send us running for the border—after our passport gets biometrically chipped, of course.