Real ID Nulification Resolution

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Bush on May 11, 2005) are not to be found among them; and</div> <bR> <div>      <B>Whereas</B>, it is unconscionable for this State to submit to any act of Congress which exceeds the limited grants of power contained in said Constitution, and even more particularly so when such Act would infringe upon the protected rights of this State and her people; and</div> <bR> <div>      <B>Whereas</B>, the state of South Carolina denounces terrorism in all its forms and condemns all acts of terrorism by any entity, foreign or domestic, wherever the acts of terrorism occur; and</div> <bR> <div>      <B>Whereas</B>, any security measures designed to protect U.S. citizens from acts of terrorism shall be designed to enhance the safety of said citizens without infringing upon Constitutionally protected rights and liberties of U.S. citizens and without being enacted outside the limited grants of powers on such legislative bodies; and </div> <bR> <div>      <B>Whereas</B>, said REAL ID ACT purports to create a federal national identification card by mandating federal standards, to be approved by the federal Department of Homeland Security, for state driver's licenses and other identification cards and requiring states to share their motor vehicle databases, with no Constitutional authority existing for the Federal Government to do the same ; and</div> <bR> <div>      <B>Whereas</B>, the REAL ID ACT purports to mandate the documents that states must require to issue or renew state driver's licenses and purports to require states to place uniform information on every driver's licenses in a standard, machine-readable format; and </div> <bR> <div>      <B>Whereas</B>, the REAL ID ACT prohibits federal agencies, federally regulated commercial airlines, and federally regulated private banks from accepting a driver's license or other identification card issued by a state that is not in full compliance with the ACT; and</div> <bR> <div>      <B>Whereas</B>, the REAL ID ACT would, if implemented by the State of South Carolina, prove a very costly long-term endeavor at the expense of the people of our good State, and their own liberties; and </div> <bR> <div>      <B>Whereas</B>, the REAL ID ACT purports to require the creation of a massive public sector database containing information on every U.S. citizen that is accessible to all motor vehicle employees and law enforcement officers nationwide, and that can be used to gather and manage information on U.S. citizens; and that this is not the Constitutionally sanctioned business or responsibility of government at federal or state levels; and</div> <bR> <div>      <B>Whereas</B>, the REAL ID ACT enables the creation of additional massive private sector databases, combining both transactional information and driver's license information gained from scanning the machine-readable information contained on every driver's license converted to a REAL ID; and</div> <bR> <div>      <B>Whereas</B>, these public and private databases are likely to contain numerous errors and accidental false information, creating significant hardship for Americans attempting to verify their identities in order to renew their driver's licenses, board commercial airplanes, open accounts with federally regulated private banks, or perform any of the other numerous functions required to live a normal life in these United States today; and</div> <bR> <div>      <B>Whereas</B>, the Federal Trade Commission has estimated that approximately ten million (10,000,000) U.S. citizens are victims of identity theft annually, and because identity thieves are increasingly targeting motor vehicle departments, the REAL ID ACT will enable the crime of identity theft by making the personal information of all U.S. citizens, including signature, social security numbers, and date of birth, accessible from tens of thousands of locations; and </div> <bR> <div>      <B>Whereas</B>, the REAL ID ACT requires a driver's license to contain a person's physical home address and makes no exception for individuals without one, or those in potential danger, including police officers, judges (including federal judges), undercover law enforcement personnel; and including victims of stalking or other forms of criminal harassment; and</div> <bR> <div>      <B>Whereas</B>, the REAL ID ACT contains onerous record verification and retention provisions that place unreasonable burdens both on motor vehicle division personnel and on third parties required to locate and verify records; and </div> <bR> <div>      <B>Whereas</B>, the REAL ID ACT will place enormous burdens on law-abiding citizens of the State of South Carolina seeking new (or renewal of) driver's licenses including increased document requests and waiting periods, higher costs, longer lines, return trips, etc.; and</div> <bR> <div>      <B>Whereas</B>, the REAL ID ACT will place state motor vehicle staff on the front lines of immigration enforcement by forcing state employees to determine federal citizenship and immigration status, excessively burdening both foreign-born applicants and motor vehicle staff; </div> <bR> <div>      <B>Whereas</B>, the REAL ID ACT passed as Division B of the larger Appropriations bill without sufficient deliberation on the floors of the federal Senate and House of Representatives, and did not receive a hearing by any Congressional committee or a vote solely on its own merits by both Houses of Congress; and was passed despite opposition from more than six hundred organizations; and</div> <bR> <div>      <B>Whereas</B>, the REAL ID ACT eliminates a process of negotiated rulemaking initiated under the Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act of 2004, which had convened federal, state, and local policymakers, privacy advocates and industry experts to solve the problem of misuse of identity documents; and </div> <bR> <div>      <B>Whereas</B>, the REAL ID ACT provides little security benefit and leaves identification systems open to insider fraud, counterfeit documentation, and database failure; </div> <bR> <div>      <B>THEREFORE, BE IT NOW RESOLVED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA </B>that it support the federal Government of the United States of America in its campaign against terrorists, and specifically to apprehend and bring to justice any persons, foreign or domestic, who were involved in the destructive acts which occurred on September 11, 2001, yet while affirming the commitment of the same not to wage this campaign at the expense of essential Constitutional rights and liberties of law-abiding U.S. citizens; and</div> <bR> <div>      <B>BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED</B> that it is the policy of the State of South Carolina to decline to implement the REAL ID ACT as such legislation exceeds the Constitutionally limited power of the Congress to place mandates upon this and our sister States; as well it violates the rights and liberties enumerated under and protected under the Constitutions of the United States of America or the State of South Carolina; and</div> <bR> <div>      <B>BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED </B>that it is the position of the State of South Carolina that the REAL ID ACT was, in fact, an action in excess of the limited authority granted to the Congress by the said Constitution to legislate; therefore, said ACT is <I>ultra vires</I> and altogether void, and of no force; and that the power to enact any legislation pertaining to a Federal Identification system can, in no wise, be enacted by the Congress Assembled unless an Amendment to the federal Constitution be passed by the States and the people to authorize it; and</div> <bR> <div>      <B>BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED</B> that it is the policy of the State of South Carolina that no <I>ultra vires</I> Acts of Congress shall be enforced or implemented within this State; and</div> <bR> <div>      <B>BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, </B>therefore, that the South Carolina General Assembly neither enact legislation nor authorize any appropriations from any source, state or federal, to further the implementation of the REAL ID ACT in South Carolina; and</div> <bR> <div>      <B>BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED</B> that the South Carolina General Assembly urges support for any federal measure that once enacted repeals the REAL ID ACT; and</div> <bR> <div>      <B>BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED</B> that the State of South Carolina stands with the State of Maine where state legislation declining to implement the REAL ID ACT or participate in a federal national identification system has recently been enacted; and that the State of South Carolina stands with the States of Georgia, Hawaii, Massachusetts, Montana, New Hampshire, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Vermont, Washington State, and Wyoming where State legislation declining to implement or delaying the implementation of the REAL ID ACT or participating in a federal national identification system is pending; and</div> <bR> <div>      <B>BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED</B> that copies of this Resolution be transmitted to President George W. Bush, United States Attorney General Alberto Gonzales, South Carolina Governor Mark Sanford, Senator Jim DeMint, Senator Lindsey Graham, Representative Henry E. Brown (1<FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >st</FONT> Congressional District), Representative Joe Wilson (2<FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >nd</FONT> Congressional District), Representative J. Gresham Barrett (3<FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >rd</FONT> Congressional District), Representative Bob Inglis (4<FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >th</FONT> Congressional District), Representative John Spratt (5<FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >th</FONT> Congressional District), Representative James E. Clyburn (6<FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >th</FONT> Congressional District).  </div> <bR> <bR> <bR> </td> </tr></table></body>