{"id":10610,"date":"2014-05-05T12:21:27","date_gmt":"2014-05-05T19:21:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bradblog.com\/?p=10610"},"modified":"2014-05-05T12:31:27","modified_gmt":"2014-05-05T19:31:27","slug":"brad-discusses-big-win-in-federal-court-against-gop-photo-id-laws-on-thom-hartmann-tv-watch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bradblog.com\/?p=10610","title":{"rendered":"Brad Discusses Big Win in Federal Court Against GOP Photo ID Laws on Thom Hartmann TV [WATCH]"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I was on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/TheBigPictureRT\">Thom Hartmann&#8217;s <i>Big Picture<\/i><\/a> TV show on Friday, to discuss the week&#8217;s landmark decision by a federal court in Wisconsin which struck down the state&#8217;s Republican-enacted polling place Photo ID restriction law as a <a href=\"https:\/\/bradblog.com\/?p=10604\">violation of both the Constitution and the Voting Rights Act<\/a> and the fact that the decision, as <a href=\"https:\/\/bradblog.com\/?p=10606\">our own Ernie Canning explained<\/a>, may finally signal the &#8220;beginning of the end&#8221; for such purposely discriminatory laws.<\/p>\n<p>(And thanks to my friend Mike Papantonio of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ringoffireradio.com\/\"><i>Ring of Fire<\/i><\/a>, who was guest hosting for Thom on Friday, for the very kind words!)&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><center><iframe width=\"420\" height=\"236\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/k5XcerYvNw8\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/center><\/p>\n<p><center><i><b>* * *<\/b><\/i><\/center><center><b>Please <a href=\"https:\/\/BradBlog.com\/Donate\">help support The BRAD BLOG&#8217;s<\/a> fiercely independent, award-winning coverage of your electoral system &#8212; <i>now in our ELEVENTH YEAR!<\/i> &#8212;  as available from no other media outlet in the nation&#8230;<\/b><\/p>\n<form action=\"http:\/\/Bradblog.com\/Donate\" method=\"post\" style=\"margin-top:.75em; margin-bottom:2em;text-align:center;\"><input type=\"hidden\" name=\"cmd\" value=\"_s-xclick\"><input type=\"hidden\" name=\"hosted_button_id\" value=\"LCH965NHAJ5ES\"><input type=\"image\" src=\"https:\/\/www.paypalobjects.com\/en_US\/i\/btn\/btn_donateCC_LG.gif\" border=\"0\" name=\"submit\" alt=\"Make a safe, fast, secure donation to The BRAD BLOG!\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"https:\/\/www.paypalobjects.com\/en_US\/i\/scr\/pixel.gif\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\"><\/form>\n<p><\/center><\/p>\n<p><!--BB-DONATEPITCH-START--><\/p>\n<div style=\"background:#f5f0e0; 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