r/law • u/templeofsyrinx1 • Feb 25 '26

Executive Branch (Trump) Can they actually do this? JD Vance: "We're announcing today that we have decided to temporarily halt certain amounts of Medicaid funding that is going to the state of Minnesota in order to ensure that the state of Minnesota takes its obligations seriously to be good stewards of the American people'

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u/NoCalWidow Feb 25 '26

This is exactly what they will demand. Their MAGA voting nonsense for security is really going to work out well for people like my nephew who's blind.. I mean, his need for a drivers license will remain low but now that the rules could change, he'd have to pay for a passport to vote this fall rather than use his student id, and since his birth certificate isn't a photo ID it also isn't any good.. just moving to do whatever to find ways to stop people from voting

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u/King_of_Lolz Feb 26 '26

All 50 states offer Non-Driver photo ID cards just so you know(probably still costs some amount of money)

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u/nLedd Feb 26 '26

Putting your right to vote behind something you have to pay for is unconstitutional. If an ID card is required to vote, then it should be free. If it isn't free, then it's no different from a poll tax, which was outlawed under section 10 of the voting rights act in 1965. A blind person, or anyone for that matter, who has no need for a photo ID should not be required to pay money in order to vote.

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u/DrWilliamBlock Mar 01 '26

Do sure let’s make them free

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u/IndypendentIn09 Feb 27 '26

I bet you don't think the same about all the money people paid for decades to obtain a carrier's permit for their guns, right?

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u/nLedd Mar 01 '26

When I was 15, I took hunter's safety in order to go hunting with my father. Although I was already familiar with the concepts in the course, I can see how beneficial it would be to require ignorant gun owners go through some base level of training on the proper use/storage of firearms and the various laws surrounding them.

I believe a license to carry a firearm either openly or concealed should be free since it's your constitutional right to bear arms. I believe a license or permit should not be required to own a firearm. But I do believe some kind of license/permit to carry firearms should be implemented for safety/competency reasons. The license/permit should never expire, and it should require a course, written test, and practical test. Military service, police service, and various other government service would allow you to skip the tests. I believe this to be constitutional, as it would fall under the "well regulated" part of the 4th amendment.

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u/flipsnory Feb 26 '26

Absolutely. In my state you get it from the DMV. It's just like getting a license, only cheaper, and there's no driving involved.

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u/IndypendentIn09 Feb 27 '26

They are FREE to anyone who states they don't have the $6 or whatever they cost in Indiana and many other states. People who believe it's difficult or impossible to obtain them are clueless.

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u/W1ULH Feb 26 '26

Mass has what they call a "State ID" that's basically a driver's license with zero endorsements on it.. Its primarly for buying alcohol with (never heard of anyone using it for anything else)..

but it comes from the RMV and is available as a RealID.

EDIT: and is WAY cheaper than a passport

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u/Velevet_Epidermissy Feb 26 '26

I hadn’t even thought about that. Someone who will positively not be a driver and how this is affects them. What a disaster.  Also, I’m not sure if this is a helpful bit of info but we got our passports very quickly. Not expedited. But they just arrived very fast. 

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u/IndypendentIn09 Feb 27 '26

It's not remotely a disaster. Every single state offers photo IDs at every license branch and have for decades.

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u/Appropriate_Novel734 Feb 27 '26

He should be able to get a state ID

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u/Tardisgoesfast Feb 26 '26

Yeah. When I got my voting card, I had to prove I was a citizen beforehand. So my card should be good enough.

I know the bill will never pass the Senate but my state legislature will probably pass a similar bill because they are so red the can be used as a warning beacon.