Montanans have themselves a fine Governor.
The Department of Homeland Security is trying to force states to issues "Real ID-compliant" drivers licenses. The Real ID Act of 2005 requires licenses to hold electronically encoded information, along with more complicated background checks for license applicants.
Background from the NY Times:

The federal government issued national standards on Friday that states would have to meet in order for driver’s licenses they issue to qualify as identification at airports and federal buildings, setting the stage for a confrontation with states that have voted not to cooperate….In Washington and elsewhere, state lawmakers have complained that the requirements add up to a national identification card, that it is too costly, puts privacy at risk and poses severe technical challenges.

Montana Governor Brian Schweitzer (a Democrat), for one, staunchly opposes the law. In a recent interview with NPR, he was positively flippant about Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff's threat to make state licenses invalid for commercial flights if they don't comply, or apply for an extension, by May. Enjoy his interview with Melissa Block:

Block: Governor Schweitzer, why are you against Real ID?
Schweitzer: Well we're putting up with the federal government on so many fronts, and nearly every month they come out with another hair-brained scheme — an unfunded mandate that tells us our life will be better if we just buckle under on some other kind of rule or regulation. We usually just play along for a while. We ignore 'em for as long as we can. We try not to bring it to a head, but if it comes to a head we find that it's best to just tell 'em to go to hell, and it's best to run the state like you want to run your state. And unfortunately this time around they really got a hair-brained scheme.
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Block: Do you understand the national security concerns here?…
Schweitzer: …This is the only thing that I know of that has united the farthest left to the farthest right in Montana politics. There was not one dissenting vote out of a 150 legislators. They simply said "we're fed up with the federal government comin' up with these cooky IDs that do not make us more secure." This is the federal government telling a state "you must do something and you must pay for it." Well, thanks for playing. Montana's not in.
Block: Well, Governor Schweitzer, what happens in May if somebody from your state wants to get on a commercial flight?
Schweitzer: There gonna show 'em their Montana driver's license they're gonna get on that commercial flight and nothings gonna happen.
Block: But that's supposed to be the deadline
Schweitzer: Blah blah blah…."supposed to be a deadline!"…This is another bluff by some bureaucrats in Washington, DC. And thank God we live a long way from Washington, DC.

Well done, Montana.
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