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Unconstitutional. president obama, whose election was cited by some critics of the act, to argue that the law was no longer necessary issued a statement saying he was, quote, deeply disappointed by the ruling. congressman john lewis offing good georgia, who still has the pen president johnson used, called it a major setback for civil rights. >> i think what the court did today is stab the voting rights act of 1965 in its very heart. these men that voted to strip the voting rights act of its power. they never stood in immovable lines. they never had to pass a so-called literacy test. it took us...

Americans. the man seen here was beaten on the head with a billy club. his skull was fractured and he sustained three fractures. congressman lewis fought to end the days of poll taxes and literacy tests at the voting booth. today he is fighting to make sure those protections stand. >> we've come too far. we made too much progress to go back. the literacy test may be gone. how many bubbles in a bar of soap, how many beans in a jar may be gone. the people are using other means of technique. so we still need section 5. and that's why we're here today, standing up for voting rights of all american...

Directed at the minority vote. we will make it difficult for you to vote. we will -- what do we call it? i can't remember the old terms. you had to pay to vote. >> pay to vote. >> poll tax. and what they call literacy test, some question in greek. some incredibly complicated thing. all to screw the black voter. now he's using it in what context? translate what he's talking about. >> i don't know. i think megan was obviously a little bit incredulous, too. >> i think she's a lawyer. >> -- suppress the vote, you have to keep in mind the president got eight million votes less than the last time. d...

Directed at the minority vote. we will make it difficult for you to vote. we will -- what do we call it? i can't remember the old terms. you had to pay to vote. >> pay to vote. >> poll tax. and what they call literacy test, some question in greek. some incredibly complicated thing. all to screw the black voter. now he's using it in what context? translate what he's talking about. >> i don't know. i think megan was obviously a little bit incredulous, too. >> i think she's a lawyer. >> -- suppress the vote, you have to keep in mind the president got eight million votes less than the last time. d...

>> poll tax. and what they call literacy test, some question in greek. some incredibly complicated thing. all to screw the black voter. now he's using it in what context. translate what he's talking about. >> i don't know. i think megan was obviously a little bit incredulous, too. >> i think she's a lawyer. >> -- suppress the vote, you have to keep in mind the president got 8 million votes less than the last time. did he suppress his own vote? it doesn't make a lot of sense. there's a lot of grasping at straws in the face of what was a real, you know, smackdown by the obama team on tuesday nig...