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The way. >> thats exactly right. >> they want to have their own set of voting registration laws. they want to make it as tough as it possibly can on any individual that they really dont want to see vote when it comes to registration. what else could it be? >> thats exactly right, ed. and the fact, ed, is this. they know that america simply is not buying their philosophy. and is what they do, they say to themselves, lets make sure that people are not able to vote. and to be frank with you, i thin...

But hopefully the senate can get it in. chuck schumers bill hopefully will pass the senate and then come back to the house. but time is not on our side. its on the nras side. and thats why i appreciate your highlighting this issue. we cant give up on this issue, ed. and, you know, there is 30,000 deaths now from guns. and car deaths have now dropped below 30,000. there is considerably more firearm deaths in virginia than there are deaths by automobiles. but thats because we have seat belt laws. ...

Testifying that they stood in line for five and six hours trying to vote. >> and they dont want to remedy that it seems like. it is amazing what is unfolding in the supreme court. quickly, how do you think theyll rule? do you think theyll strike it down, section 5? >> i dont, i dont think so. i dont think so. i think its too important. keep in mind, ed, we just reauthorized it in 2006. it was 98-0 in the senate, and 390-38 in the house. you cant just do away with that. >> scalia says its the nam...

This, again, expose the mythology of the fact that if you take on the nra, youre automatically dead politically. i think thats the key revelation of this election, and that is that you can be for responsible gun safety legislation and not risk your political career. and i think everybody has kind of had their eyes opened to that fact, even in kentucky. >> jim, is the administration preparing to act will or without congress? what do you think? >> well, this is only so much the administration can ...

That it isnt needed anymore. congress assembled 15,000 pages of that evidence that it is still needed back in 2006. and after looking at 15,000 pages of evidence and taking 21 hearings and ten months of the dea bait, they decided to vote unanimously in favor of keeping it. the court seems like it has decided to kill this pillar of the voting rights act today. not because of some new evidence that it isnt needed anymore. that evidence went to congress, and congress acted accordingly. no, the cour...

It bears repeating justice scalia also said this -- "whenever a society adopts racial entitlements, it is very difficult to get out of them through the normal political process." lets turn to a jonathan turley, professor at george washington university. good to have you with us tonight. >> hi, ed. >> section 5, if it is struck down by the supreme court, what does it mean to voting rights in this country? what does it mean to local and state governments? >> well, its a fundamental blow, because s...

Parks statue was unveiled at the capitol rotunda. >> its been often remarked that rosa parks activism didnt begin on that bus. long before she made headlines, she had stood up for freedom, stood up for equality, fighting for voting rights. >> dr. peterson, what do you make of the irony of these two things happening today? >> it is an unfortunate sort of disrespect towards rosa parks legacy. karen is right. congressman cummings is right. were coming out of an election where were seeing all kinds ...

>> is a very profound point. they would rather have an appointed body make the decisions on voting rights instead of an elected body? >> isnt that amazing? i find that utterly amazing. i mean, their ideology, right on their sleeve, right out in the open. i mean i think it is terribly misguided to think there is no longer any discrimination over voting rights in this country. just look at the last election. >> ed, yeah, let me tell you something, ed. as you know in the oversight and government re...

Its not some type of entitlement. its a right to vote. and we have a right to vote and we have a right to have our votes counted. and clearly, when he talks that entitlement stuff, that is far, far off to the right. and clearly, what he is trying to do is trying to figure out a way to do away with section 5 of the voting rights act. but i can tell you, ed, i dont think thats going to happen. but when you listen to the questions and the discussions that happened today in the supreme court, i can ...

The supreme court seems to be on their side. at least if you pay attention to the comments. get your cell phones out. i want to know what you think. tonights question. now regardless of how the supreme court rules, does discrimination still exist when it comes to voting rights? text "a" for yes. text b for now to 67622. you can always go to our blog at ed.msnbc.com. well bring you results later on in the show. joining me tonight, congressman elijah cummings of maryland. congressman, great to hav...