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By Sean Sullivan
Former president Jimmy Carter told a crowd gathered on the National Mall to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the March on Washington that Martin Luther King Jr. would be disappointed to see present day voter I.D. laws and the Supreme Court’s recent decision to strike down a key part of the Voting Rights Act.
“I believe we all know how Dr. King would have reacted to the new I.D. requirements to exclude certain voters, especially African Americans,” Carter said. “I think we all know how Dr. King would have reacted to the Supreme Court striking down a crucial part of the Voting Rights Act just recently passed overwhelmingly by Congress.”
