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Re:I traced $2B in grants and 45 states' lobbying behind age... by ryandrake on Friday March 13, 2026 @11:06AM (#47365481)
There are many ways to not have a state or national ID document in the USA. You might simply not have a driver license or passport. That's totally legal. You might be in the country temporarily for business or as a tourist. The constitution applies to all of these people.
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Re:I traced $2B in grants and 45 states' lobbying behind age... by gruez on Friday March 13, 2026 @11:44AM (#47365986)
>There are many ways to not have a state or national ID document in the USA. You might simply not have a driver license or passport. That's totally legal.

Great, frame it as "poor people without IDs" or whatever, not "undocumented", which in the current political discourse is basically the left's version of the term "illegal immigrant".

>You might be in the country temporarily for business or as a tourist. The constitution applies to all of these people.

The constitutional right to... watch 18+ videos on youtube while in the US?

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Re:I traced $2B in grants and 45 states' lobbying behind age... by DangitBobby on Friday March 13, 2026 @01:45PM (#47367396)
Do you seriously think that access restrictions will be limited only to the under-18 use-case?

We _do not want_ the government to have the capability to enforce laws of this nature.

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