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Floridas republican governor, ron desantis, submitted a new map for congressional districts. he proposed florida should cut in half the number of congressional districts that are majority black. okay. texass largest counties are starting to report on the real world impact of the voting restrictions that texas republicans passed this past year. as many as half the ballot requests they are getting from voters in the largest counties are now being rejected by the state because the new voting rights...

Control but -- also federal standards, and to make sure that the system is not being abused. -- and now we are here, senator tim kaine of virginia. thank you so much for your time tonight. >> chris, its going to be an important im excited about it. >> we will keep our eyes on it. that is "all in" on this tuesday night. rachel maddow show starts right now. good evening, rachel. thank you very much. thanks to you at home for joining us. floridas republican governor, ron desantis, submitted a new...

But only 14% of the congressional districts. about one-third of blacks in alabama live in a majority black district. 92% of whites do. now you can say that somehow these were drawn and it so happened to be the case that the numbers were so skewed. but the simple fact is when you look at the data it is abundantly clear that the votes of blacks in alabama have been diluted and the law as it is written now very clearly allows consideration of race, not above all other factors but at least considera...

Decreasing lay because of the weakening of that key statute from 1965. its why you have seen a lot of states referred to their own constitutions where the federal law has in doubt now. recently, as in just a few days ago, there was a case rising out of alabama which has over a quarter of its population african american. and of the numerous congressional districts, theres only one congressional district which was majority black, and that was deliberately meant to reduce the electoral power of the...

Coming up, that we are not -- our rights are not protected in this country. >> i want to read you something that congressman mo brooks of alabama, republican, has said, and i am reluctant to quote congressman mo brooks ever since he told the angry mob outside of the capitol to go kick some ass that day, but i think that im going to break my rule, because its relevant, and i think that a lot of people might share his sentiment about what this act -- what the supreme court just decided. so, he say...

And of the numerous congressional districts, they only drew one congressional district which was majority black, and that was deliberately meant to reduce the electoral power of the black community in that state, and even justice roberts, who is the author of that 2013 shelby decision which shot down the heart of the voting rights act. even hes at the dissent, hes lost control of the right-wing majority of the supreme court. thats why folks like myself have called for other courses of action, in...

Analyst mr. jeffrey toobin. good to see you both. elliott, i am going to start with you. what does the ruling mean for black voters in alabama? the republican map includes only one district where black voters can elect a candidate of their choice. >> these questions of discrimination are sometimes hard to pin down or prove because they are nebulous. what is discrimination? just look at the numbers. blacks make about 27% of alabamas population. but only 14% of the congressional districts. about o...

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0 control but -- also federal standards, and to make sure that the system is not being abused. -- and now we are here, senator tim kaine of virginia. thank you so much for your time tonight. >> chris, its going to be an important im excited about it. >> we will keep our eyes on it. that is "all in" on this tuesday night. rachel maddow show starts right now. good evening, rachel. thank you very much. thanks to you at home for joining us. floridas republican governor, ron desantis, submitted a n...