I think it's only fair to compare that the to _de_ _jure_ status of many modern day US states. More than 23 states require that someone be able to prove their

I think it's only fair to compare that the to _de_ _jure_ status of many modern day US states. More than 23 states require that someone be able to prove their identity (probably with a government-issued card) "if there is reasonable suspicion of a crime"[1]. Given that a book called "Three Felonies a Day" which cites facts such as the number of crimes in the US Code, the fact that most people haven't even started reading it nor have it memorized, nor have the legal skills required to determine whether (if it's even deterministic without a judge/jury) they have committed a crime, I would argue that a clever police officer probably has the ability to use that law as a tool to create a crime where none existed before. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stop_and_identify_statutes https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stop_and_identify_statutes