all spain laura murphy, the issue -- host: laura murphy, the issue of the state.: i think it is ridiculous. the voting rights law, poll taxes were being implemented, discouraging people, especially people of color from voting, the voting rights act has been renewed as recently as 2006 by a huge bipartisan margins. when the justice department looks at a state like south carolina, they are obligated to do that by the voting rights act which was passed and re-enacted in 2006. huge republicans champions, signed into law by president bush. the idea that this justice department is picking on south carolina and other states that pass these repressive voting measures is ridiculous. this research and of states' rights is interesting. we have made constitution and the right to vote is referenced so many times in our constitutional bill of rights. it is implicit in the first amendment, the 14th amendment, the 15th amendment, the 26th amendment -- six amendments to the constitution reenforce the right to vote, whether for women, for 18 year olds, the elimination of the poll t

all spain laura murphy, the issue -- host: laura murphy, the issue of the state. guest: i think it is ridiculous. the voting rights law, poll taxes were being implemented, discouraging people, especially people of color from voting, the voting rights act has been renewed as recently as 2006 by a huge bipartisan margins. when the justice department looks at a state like south carolina, they are obligated to do that by the voting rights act which was passed and re-enacted in 2006. huge republicans champions, signed into law by president bush. the idea that this justice department is picking on south carolina and other states that pass these repressive voting measures is ridiculous. this research and of states' rights is interesting. we have made constitution and the right to vote is referenced so many times in our constitutional bill of rights. it is implicit in the first amendment, the 14th amendment, the 15th amendment, the 26th amendment -- six amendments to the constitution reenforce the right to vote, whether for women, for 18 year olds, the elimination of the

laura murphy of the aclu will talk about voter id laws.nd we will talk with the financial professor clifford rossi. "washington journal" live every morning at 7:00 a.m. eastern on c-span. >> rick perry is hosting a town hall meeting on the coast just south of myrtle beach. that is on c-span3 at 9:30 a.m. eastern. here on c-span, we will be live at 1:30 p.m. eastern with a town hall meeting hosted by newt gingrich, the former speaker of the house. >> a quick reminder -- the deadline cent for our studentcam. we are asking middle and high school student what part of the constitution has meaning for you and why? there is a grand prize of $5,000, and $50,000 in total prize. if your five-eight minute documentary to c-span by friday, january 20. for last minute details, go online to studentcam.org. >> jon huntsman ended his presidential bid and endorsed mitt romney. he made the announcement just one day after he was endorsed by south carolina's largest newspaper. the former ambassador to china so that the primary had become too-and personal and t

lindsay murphy is here with more. >> reporter: why not, laura.t know any about homefield advantage, unlike the redskins and they 8-0 at mmbt stadium and the ravens don't need help on the field. here's more. >> reporter: as the season passes, the things keep going south for the burgandy and gold. the fourth straight season, the redskins have missed the play- off. meanwhile, the neighbors to the north keep on rolling. since john harbah took over in baltimore, the ravens are in the post season. it's another quiet offseason here at fed ex field. five wins means no play-offs and as a matter of fact for the redskins fans, they haven't seen a play-off game at this stadium since 1999. here at baltimore, the ravens are getting ready for another play-off run. their message to the d.c. fan base? come on up. >> and this is an amazing east coast area when you look at it. you have the redskins, you have the ravens and the eagles, jets, giants and the steelers. that is all there and a lot of teams are nfc teams and we're in the middle of that and we welcome the

lindsay murphy is here with how the ravens were able to move o. lindsay? >> reporter: yeah, laurawins games, defense wins championships. the ravens are living proof of that. their offense rarely gets the glory. it's not that fans or pretty but they get the job done. their defense is one of the best in the league for at least a decade. yesterday, versus the texans quarterback, joe flacko was aided by three turnovers that led to 17 points. first quarter, he connects with bolden, a 10-yard strike. the ravens up 17-3. flacko passes for 176 yards and two scores. but the offense managed only 11 first downs. the texans in the game with two minutes left. down seven. tj8 for johnson, intercepted by 33-year-old ed reid, his eighth career post season pick. the ravens hold on to beat the texans, 20-13 and punk error -- punched their ticket against the patriots. baltimore, get this, is 1 in six all-time versus new england. >> is any you go out there and play before the road and play the championship game before since i have been here, you know, we didn't win that game and have one up in new en