Voter ID Affirmed

Conservatives scored a huge victory today when the United States Supreme Court ruled that it was not unconstitutional for states to require voter identification cards. Liberals have long been opposed to voter ID laws based on their claim that it poses a hardship for their poor and elderly constituents. That argument is bogus. States could easily provide free ID cards for those who can't afford to pay a fee.

The real issue was one of electoral fraud, and it is directly related to the problem of illegal immigration. Imagine, if you will, tens of millions of illegals showing up at the voting booth without proper ID. This is why liberals want to open the border to hordes of Mexican immigrants who undoubtedly would vote Democrat.

The issue presented Hillary Clinton with a dilemma when she, at first, agreed with disgraced Governor Eliot Spitzer's decision to permit illegals to apply for a New York motor ID card. Many states have a motor/voter statute that allows people to register to vote when they apply for a driver's license.

Less than half the states even have voter ID requirements. But even though the Supreme Court upheld the state of Indiana's voter ID law, illegals could still vote in states where there are no rules, or where they could simply obtain a fraudulent or government issued ID.

To allow illegals to vote under any circumstances is an outright subversion of the Constitution and our democratic institutions. It is treasonous.

Of course, three of the most liberal Justices (Stephen Breyer, Ruth Bader Ginsburg and David Souter) voted in the minority arguing that voter ID laws impose a burden on thousands of citizens. (This is why it is critical to have a conservative in the White House in terms of Supreme Court nominations.) Needless to say, the American Civil Liberties Union protested the Supreme Court's decision.

The state of Indiana argued successfully that their voter ID requirement is not an undue burden since they do provide free ID cards, and allow citizens without ID to cast a provisional ballot subject to verifiable identification.

Voting is a civil right granted to citizens...not illegals.

The Supreme Court made a sound decision based on common sense and the law.