July 17, 2008 10:26AM 

# Louisiana Rejects REAL ID 

By [Jim Harper](https://www.cato.org/people/jim-harper) 

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Melissa Ngo [reports and comments](http://www.privacylives.com/louisiana-becomes-21st-state-to-reject-real-id/2008/07/14/) on her “Privacy Lives” blog about the passage of a particularly strong anti-REAL ID law in Louisiana.

There’s a gem in the comments from a military veteran on the notion that the Veterans Admininstration might withhold benefits to those not having a national ID as required under the REAL ID Act:

> I would suggest those who are in office stop thinking you are in control of the American people. I for one went to war once, I am not afraid to do so again. The government serves the people, not the other way around.

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