policies like requiring i.d. that black and hispanic voters were less likely to have, or cutting the days for early voting that were favored by black churches. something else happened after that supreme court decision that was really interesting to watch. no mainstream republicans wanted to be seen as cheering too hard for what the court had done, even though it was the five republican appointed justices who made up the majority in that decision. a few key republicans in congress said they wanted to put some of the votes rights act back into place. eric cantor had begun joining congressman john lewis on his pilgrimage to alabama. he had marched in the 1960s. he was beaten so badly he was nearly killed trying to cross the bridge in selma, alabama, for voting rights. congressman cantor joined john lewis on his annual pilgrimage