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Submitted written questions to adegbile asking how he would use his section 2 power or decide which voter i.d. laws to fight. since the supreme court gutted section 5 of the vra, five states that used to be covered under preclearance are moving forward with laws that have been on hold. those laws restricting voting, thats what republicans appear to be trying to protect. the other man was just a way to sell it. joining me now, benjamin jealousen, partner at social impact and former president and ...

Called the voting rights act. thats the same piece of legislation he, himself, twice defended in oral arguments before the supreme court. the same piece of legislation the conservative legal movement has been waging a successful war against for years. when the supreme court gutted section 5 of the voting rights act last summer, they revoked the justice departments power to automatically review for preclearance any voting changes in states with histories of discrimination. the justice department ...

His section 2 power or decide which voter i.d. laws to fight. since the supreme court gutted section 5 of the vra, five states that used to be covered under preclearance are moving forward with laws that have been on hold. those laws restricting voting, thats what republicans appear to be trying to protect. the other man was just a way to sell it. joining me now, benjamin jealous, partner at social impact and former president and ceo and president of naacp. ben, where do you start on this case? ...

Defended in oral arguments before the supreme court. the same piece of legislation the conservative legal movement has been waging a successful war against for years. when the supreme court gutted section 5 of the voting rights act last summer, they revoked the justice departments power to automatically review for preclearance any voting changes in states with histories of discrimination. the justice department has another tool under the voting rights act. they dont automatically get preclearanc...

Which voter i.d. laws to fight. since the supreme court gutted section 5 of the vra, five states that used to be covered under preclearance are moving forward with laws that have been on hold. those laws restricting voting, thats what republicans appear to be trying to protect. the other man was just a way to sell it. joining me now, benjamin jealous, partner at social impact and former president and ceo and president of naacp. ben, where do you start on this case? i find myself even angrier tod...

Defended in oral arguments before the supreme court. the same piece of legislation the conservative legal movement has been waging a successful war against for years. when the supreme court gutted section 5 of the voting rights act last summer, they revoked the justice departments power to automatically review for preclearance any voting changes in states with histories of discrimination. the justice department has another tool under the voting rights act. they dont automatically get preclearanc...

This new effort. lets listen to that. >> the right to vote is precious, almost sacred. it is the most powerful, nonviolent tool we have in a democratic society. >> tell me, what exactly is in the measure. >> well, the bill is designed to do certain things that were removed by the supreme courts decision last year. it does them in kind of interesting ways. it provides a means to include certain dates and jurisdictions under a preclearance provision, that is a provision that would require them to ...

Shame if this law were to die. that was my reaction. they told our notoriously dysfunctional congress to revive it. today he introduced legislation that would reestablish a formula to determine which states must be cleared by the federal government before they change their election laws. the roberts court ruled that the old formula was unconstitutional because it was based on criteria established in the 1960s, striking down the heart of the most important civil rights law enacted, signed by lynd...

The new legislation, proposed today would subject a state to preclearance, if it has committed five or more voting rights violations over the last 15 years. one of the people behind this is jim sensenbrenner. but to win gop support this time, the bill was written so that voter i.d. laws, not be included as one of the five violations that can trigger preclearance. and as currently drafted the new law would only apply to four states. none of them are north carolina, which has undertaken the most s...

Violations that can trigger preclearance. and as currently drafted the new law would only apply to four states. none of them are north carolina, which has undertaken the most sweeping attack on voting rights in the nation. still, this is forward progress from the state of affairs just yesterday. were going to see from the republican members of congress, which side they are on. one of them announced, he was so taken with voter i.d. laws, he wants to expand the franchise. he introduced a bill that...