[kube-system]

How would a state assign endorsements to an ID they do not maintain or control? How would they use an ID database they don't have?

The answer is that they'd have to rely on the federal government instead, and given the functional relationship between the states and the federal government, states just aren't going to voluntarily give up that power and trust them to do this for them. It is in the existential interest of the states to maintain as much power as they can, despite the associated cost.

[Spooky23]

Easy. Just validate the Federal id, probably at a higher trust level than they do today.

Because state dmv compacts govern data exchange and DMVs are all about selling stickers, state programs don’t have access to the ID data they own, except for law enforcement purposes. Companies like id.me, experian, etc buy that data from states and the. sell it back. (usually do a shitty job at it to boot)

[kube-system]

Validating a federal ID would tell someone that I am who I say I am. A federal ID wouldn’t indicate whether I am qualified to drive a vehicle according to any state law.

[Spooky23]

It’s just an endorsement. Logging in to a website with a Google ID doesn’t tell me you paid. Authentication != authorization.