Legal Question in Constitutional Law in Florida

You've been misled. Others have fallen for versions of the same story, which has been going around for years. The government does not secretly make each of us a corporation. We don't have owners. And most importantly, we're all required to obey the law and are all subject to the authority of the courts. There is no way to opt out of the legal system.

A driver's license is not a contract, and it isn't about your right to travel. Instead, it's about whether you may use a potentially deadly machine on public roads. That's a perfectly legitimate exercise of the state's authority.

People without driver's licenses still have the right to travel -- on foot, by bicycle, on horseback or, most often, as passengers in vehicles operated by other people. The right to travel existed before there were cars or drivers' licenses. All of the travel methods that existed back then are still available, and new ones have come along since. Your right to travel does not depend on being licensed to drive a car.

Driving is just a particular way to travel, but it puts others at risk. The state has a compelling interest in making sure drivers know what they're doing. You have no more right to drive a car without a driver's license than to fly an airplane without a pilot's license.