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Disguised at night, by one count a single state, louisiana had more than 1,000 murders in just a year. the ku klux klan is not the 20th century version, it is essentially confederate soldiers repackaged as of this group trying to retake the south during that time. this was a guerrilla war. these are the people who really had hoped would lead them into the mountains, and they keep fighting. >> in some areas, three quarters of white men were kkk members. the included law enforcement and judges. it...

Transition from, if he doesnt know, then we need to look at her body. we need to look at the rest of the evidence to tell us the story. >> none of this seemed like such a big deal to shirlenes daughters. >> people file appeals all the time. i understood that. but i wasnt paying attention anymore because it was done. >> oh, but it wasnt done. in 2003, a year after the trial and three years since shirlenes death, hawaiis supreme court handed down its decision. >> i got the call from dan oyasato, t...

To help estimate a number. many times throughout american history the question of how many jellybeans are in a jar has been a racist tool of oppression. in 1890 mississippi lawmakers gathered in jackson to find a way around the 15th amendment which gave african-americans the right to vote. the white judge who presided put the matter bluntly. we came here to exclude the negro. nothing short will answer. the mississippi lawmakers adopted two measures to make voting all but impossible for black peo...

People who need to be moved out of afghanistan and to be able to stand with the president as he keeps his word and helps us move forward and the people of afghanistan. but it is shameful, as i listen to dr. martin luther king and reverend sharpton that we may not be judged by the color of our skin, and we may. but we see that voting rights laws that are now being denied are being denied seemingly on the color of the skin of the people who voted in 2020. and so shamefully, we have seen a range of...

And there is such an excellent discussion of the 15th amendment, the federalist papers 59. hamilton tells us exactly how the federal government must be an overseer of these elections. you cannot have 50 different set of elections in the country. it says that in one state you have to do one thing in order to get to congress. in another thing you have to do another. not -- that is not the way it ought to be. we need one piece of legislation that governs the entire country when it comes to fundamen...

The 13th, 14th, and 15th amendment and that is for all americans so here is what i think the solution is. we cannot tolerate the filibuster as it was in segregated america. lyndon bains johnson helped pass the 1965 voting rights act and he did that. he overcame the filibuster. he insisted that senators, particularly in our party -- and i wish it would be others because ive seen voting rights be bipartisan. >> right. >> cease and desist and move legislation forward to protect the voting rights of...

Act and the john lewis voting rights advancement act actually make it out of the senate and onto president bidens desk for his signature? >> i think its very good, a very good chance that we will get both those wrapped into one. i would love to see the john r. lewis vote rights and advancement act being the name of a comprehensive voting rights bill by the senate. that is a combination of hr-4 and hr-1 and now s-1. wrap them into one piece of legislation, and then move it forward. a piece of leg...

Bit harder, time for you to make your own bricks. from a legal standpoint, what should be happening at the department of justice about these kinds of laws that we first have seen in georgia, now we see a worse version in texas and soon we will see it in other states as we head into the mid terms? >> texas democrats have shown us what men of true will do when faced with horrible laws. the laws in texas are racist. we know that because they have a racially disparate effect. the thing thats suppose...

All right. the court is out to lunch. the court is in yolo mode. they are no longer bound by constitutional strictures. they dont care about the 15th amendment. they dont care about the voting rights act. they dont care about the separation of powers. they are doing this all on the shadow docket. remember, people, the court isnt even in session right now. they dont come back until october. they did this for fun to kick people out on to the streets. at some point democrats have to do something, a...

Refashioned this eviction moratorium from the cdc to buy a little bit of time. that hasnt seemed to really jump start the process. so it is a big fail. what should happen now is that congress should take it up, but also states that dont have an eviction moratorium in place should push to get one in place. localities that have the authority under the state charter to -- or state constitution to create their own should do that right now. >> ely, we had audio of the texas speaker of the house sayin...