>Don't citizens have to have an english-alphabet transliteration of their >name to use for legal purposes (birth certificate, green card, social >security record)?
Not in the US. In Japan and some nordic countries, only established names can be registered. >The DMV differentiates same-name people by SSN, right? Is it very >far-fetched to imagine that state courts and federal appeals courts will >uphold state laws requiring SSN disclosure for identification purposes? I'm sorry, I only have a memory capacity of 7 plus or minus 2. I can deny my memory, particulary under stress of interrogation. Or I could use J. Edgar Hoovers which I sometimes mistake for mine.