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If we accept the premise that our Constitutional rights are only for citizens, I had better get a passport to prove my citizenship.

Excellent idea. Everyone should have a passport. I don't understand why you're so opposed to it. A lot of other countries require persons to present a passport as proof of identity when opening bank accounts, dealing with the government, etc. IMHO, this is a very wise and prudent practice that does not diminish one's civil liberties one bit.

I’m not opposed to having a passport per se, but I have always thought of it as a document needed when traveling overseas as a civilian. I doubt I will ever be in the economic position to travel as such, and equate needing a passport to travel within the USA with the internal passports required by the old Soviet system.
I guess I’m just too appreciative of individual freedom and liberty to want to see it happen here. A lot of other countries do require it, and a lot of other countries have other restrictions I would loathe to see implemented here.
Just because “other countries do it”, we should too?