A while back I had read that the United States Supreme Court was going to take up the matter of Voter Identification. Mind you, I think this is a no brainer.

There are few things one can do in life without some form of ID so I have never understood (not logically) the arguments against doing so when casting a vote in any election.

I did not realize, however, that the case was being heard today.

The U.S. Supreme Court will hear arguments Wednesday in a case that raises the question of whether requiring a voter to have a government-issued photo ID unfairly impacts poor and minority voters.

Many question whether the case, which will be decided before the end of the Court’s term in June, will have an impact on the turnout of those voters for the 2008 presidential election.

The U.S. Court of Appeals upheld a 2005 Indiana law that would require all voters to show ID before being able to vote. Judge Richard Posner, a prominent judge who sits on the bench in the Seventh Circuit, said it would be impossible for a person to exist in society today without an ID, saying, “Try flying or entering a tall building.”