Seven Things the Government Requires IDs For

From The Daily Signal.com (Aug. 26):

As federal courts wrestle with voter ID laws in several states just months before a national election, there is considerably less attention being brought to other constitutional rights that require ID.

Proponents of voter ID have argued that retailers require ID to buy liquor, M-rated video games, prescriptions, or even nail polish.

But these arguments aren’t really applicable to voter ID, said J. Christian Adams, general counsel for the Public Interest Legal Foundation, and a former Justice Department attorney, who supports voter ID and other election integrity laws.

“Tell me where in the Constitution does it talk about the right to buy liquor or rent a car?” Adams told The Daily Signal in a phone interview. “The Constitution does guarantee the right to use firearms, and ID is always required to purchase a firearm. If you talk about buying liquor, the left will shred that argument. If you talk about ID when buying a gun, it boxes them in.”

Here are seven common situations that require an ID.

1. Welfare Benefits.
2. Registration for Buying Guns.
3. Petition Your Government.
4. Right of Assembly. Further, many municipalities require permits to hold protests or rallies in a public space under certain circumstances. This process varies based on the city, but requires some paperwork by the organizers.
5. Right to Marry.
6. Freedom of Movement. While the right to board an airplane isn’t spelled out in the Constitution, von Spakovsky said the right to travel could be broadly considered a basic public accommodation and a freedom of movement issue, even though the Transportation Security Administration requires photo ID for everyone boarding a plane.
7. Public Accommodations. Many local governments require hotels and motels to collect information from the ID of lodgers and maintain it to be available for police review.

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So, you shouldn’t have to show your id to vote but when you petition your government, or to board an airplane, or even when you buy a gun when both are rights under the Constitution you have to show some kind of id? Interesting. Then again the Left don’t care about those other rights.