Refusal to present ID sparks test of rights

Rocky Mountain News: Local: "'We don't believe the federal government has the legal authority to put Deborah Davis in jail, or even make her pay a fine, just because she declined the government's request for identification,' said Mark Silverstein, legal director of the American Civil Liberties Union of Colorado, which has taken up the case.

'She was commuting to her job,' Silverstein said. 'She wasn't doing anything wrong. She wasn't even suspected of doing anything wrong.'

'Passengers aren't required to carry passports or any other identification documents in order to ride to work on a public bus,' he said."