The Real ID Act
Subtitle: privacy and government surveillance
By: William Eyre
Series: Law & society
Publisher: LFB Scholarly Pub.
Published: 2011
Place of publication: El Paso
Language: eng
Number of pages: 211
ISBN-13: 9781593324568
Subjects: Identification cards; Law and legislation; Terrorism; Prevention; Right of Privacy; United States
Description: From the Back Cover: Civil society in the United States in the 21st century has seen the abandonment of American concepts of individual freedom, privacy, expression and autonomy. Eyre examines the Real ID Act in this context, as an example of laws passed since September 2001 restricting civil liberties. The Real ID Act facilitates the current and future surveillance regime. Real IDs and the database(s) to which they are linked represent a de facto national ID system facilitating monitoring citizens' movements, speech and political activities when fully operational. The Real Id Act is examined as an unfunded mandate and vehicle for unconstitutional abridgement of First Amendment guarantees including political expression.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 161-193) and index.
Table of contents: title: Surveillance today; title: Foundational theory of surveillance; title: Total surveillance; title: Technology of the Real ID Act; title: The Real ID Act : threat to freedom.