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You do have the right to travel, intrastate as well as interstate, as a passenger. However, NO court in the history of this country, state or federal, has ever ruled that it is unconstitutional to require all persons who drive automobiles upon the public highways to obtain a license from the designated government agency (example: a State Department of Public Safety)
See, e.g., City of Bismarck v. Stuart (N.Dak. 1996) 546 N.W.2d 366 ("No court has ever held that it is an impermissible infringement upon a citizen's constitutional Right to Travel for the legislature to decree that ... every person who operates a motor vehicle on public roads must have a valid operator's license.... The legislature has the constitutional police power to ensure safe drivers and safe roads.")
Other examples can be found in the thread "State v. Gibson."
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