More that it shouldn't be necessary. The USA is, after all, a "free country".
But, then, I shouldn't be surprised. I recall a scene on one of Robert A. Heinlein's novels (I don't recall which one) where he showed how authoritarian and invasive government had become by having a character needing to show ID to get on an aircraft and having the character's luggage scanned...
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Rob Kelk
"Governments have no right to question the loyalty of those who oppose
them. Adversaries remain citizens of the same state, common subjects of
the same sovereign, servants of the same law."
- Michael Ignatieff, addressing Stanford University in 2012
But, then, I shouldn't be surprised. I recall a scene on one of Robert A. Heinlein's novels (I don't recall which one) where he showed how authoritarian and invasive government had become by having a character needing to show ID to get on an aircraft and having the character's luggage scanned...
--
Rob Kelk
"Governments have no right to question the loyalty of those who oppose
them. Adversaries remain citizens of the same state, common subjects of
the same sovereign, servants of the same law."
- Michael Ignatieff, addressing Stanford University in 2012