Non Citizen Voting? Time for National Identity Card

So I hear that a judge has told us that we cannot challenge people to determine if they are citizens before they vote. I cannot quibble with idea that we should not be challenging people if we are doing it selectively based on our personal perceptions. But to launch into a discussion based on this premise is to miss the whole point. Everyone should be challenged!

America, wake up! We need a national identity card. We can no longer hold to this long dead notion that somehow we are freer without one.

If we had a national identity card, it could be required for all important transactions such as voting, registering for school, opening a bank account, buying or renting property.... You get the idea. This would solve a lot of problems.

Please don't try to tell me all of the reasons this would not work. Identity cards are used all over the world. I have had to obtain them to live in other countries. And please don't start with the foolish argument that it can be counterfeited. Almost anything including currency can. But we don't stop using currency. It's so simple; start now before it's too late.

The only real reason we don't have the national identity card is that powerful people don't want it. Why? Because: 1) it would cut into potential votes for one political party, 2) some want to change our national culture/identity to one more familiar to them, and 3) many want to exploit people who are here illegally. For my part, I want to have an orderly process for citizenship, for using services, and some assurance that people are who they say they are.

For me the point is that ever since I was a child the phrase "we are a nation of laws, not men" has been drummed into my head. To me it seems that we have laws about who can vote and who can be a resident or citizen of the country. But in this instance we seem to be a nation of men not laws.

I am tired of hypocrisy.

P.S. I hear that some states are resisting this on 10th Amendment grounds - rights reserved to the states, etc. These are presumably conservative states that want less federal interference. Here is an example of where conservatives shoot themselves in the foot, so to speak. Protecting our freedoms depends on knowing who is a citizen, who is a resident alien, etc. Unless these very same states are willing to provide a state identity card that is the equivalent of a federal card; i.e., establishes the true identity of the persons who are voting and accessing services, they are acting foolishly. I believe a country must have rules for entry whether liberal or restrictive, and these must control the growth in its population at sustainable levels.