Is the Real ID requirement for travel constitutional?

According to the FAA, all airspace above 60,000 feet is Class E. Which means aliens flying anywhere in the known universe are very likely in violation of federal regulations (unless they visited and took a checkride).

As for the travel debate, I’ll throw in that the rules for private air travel are much more relaxed. If you book a charter flight your name is checked against the TSA watch list and your ID will be checked by a crew member, but there’s no reference to Real ID. If you’re lucky enough to have a friend with a privately owned jet, none of that applies at all. Which is to say, all it takes is money.

I happened to be reading about this principle, which has a rather fancy Latin name, on Wikipedia just the other day.

Interesting- wouldn’t the cross section of the area you own get smaller as you went down and larger as you went up? Since we’re on a (roughly) spherical planet?

If so it is by statutory law or that no state has made it illegal but either way it can be changed. Only citizens have the right guarantied.

As Dr Deth points out.
The right to travel is considered a privileges and immunities dating back to Article IV of the Articles of Confederation. The rest of the quote has nothing to do with right to travel.

Heh. In my first-year property law class, the professor threw this one out to the class, and asked “What does this mean?” He didn’t expect to get a correct answer, but out of our section of 60 students, one actually knew enough Latin to answer it correctly. Surprised the professor, certainly.

I was glad when that student asked me to join his study group. Our group learned a lot together, and that student remains among my colleagues, and is one of my good friends.