Last night, Fox News host Bill O’Reilly discussed Indiana’s restrictive voter ID law, which is currently being challenged in the Supreme Court. O’Reilly dismissed concerns that the regulations disenfranchise low-income and minority voters as “ridiculous.” His solution? That he be appointed to the Supreme Court:
If I’m on the Supreme Court, as I should be, I say what is the down side of having somebody prove who they are [when they come to vote]?
Watch it:
[flv http://video.thinkprogress.org/2008/01/oreillyvotersc.320.240.flv]
UPDATE: TP’s Amanda Terkel has more on the Supreme Court case at The American Prospect.
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