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Still enthusiastic, still at least vaguely optimistic about the possibility of immigration reform. what about the idea that this congress could give us a new section for a formula, they could develop a formula since it was sent back from the supreme court. do you think this congress, after it gets over itself, could give us a formula that will work? >> im not sure about that. i would like to be optimisting, but now that we are in the post shelby county world, we dont know with this congress, the...

Look at are the voter i.d. as you mentioned, the registration restrictions. it used to be easier to vote in north carolina. now its harder to register. early voting being restricted. and then most importantly, it will also seek to add a sort of approval or permission slip to north carolina, using what is left of the law. thats important because as we know, the supreme court took out that kind of permission slip coverage, whats called preclearance, completely across the country. this is a way to ...

He works for the experts, aaron alexis had two security clearances by the government within the last year, anderson. he had a full clearance in september of 2012. in which he began a defense contract working in i.t. in a job in japan for the navy and a reclearance just this past july so he could begin this job at the navy yard. and those clearances, he was given a secret level which is the middle of three levels. confidential, secret or top secret would have included a huge questionnaire includi...

Facilities from north carolina to rhode island. this is coming from the ceo of this company, thomas hoshko. he said that the latest assignment at the navy began either last week or this week. they are checking time cards to determine when he got on this particular part of the job at the navy yard. >> and let me just make sure we understand. when you hear this, this person was dismissed for misconduct and cleared again. is this true that no matter where he work head had full security clearance fo...

Job in japan for the navy and a reclearance just this past july so he could begin this job at the navy yard. and those clearances, he was given a secret level which is the middle of three levels. confidential, secret or top secret would have included a huge questionnaire including six pages of police involvement or charges brought against you. and it also should have been a face to face interview, questions about his mental stability. so if the government was doing its job, specifically the depa...

Laws in the country. >>anna: contrary to powells assertion that this actually slows down the process, indeed you say it actually speeds up the process because you can -- the election officials are able to find the persons ballot quicker? >> right. ive spoken with election officials. they tel voters are first checking in, having the i.d. out they can find the name faster on the voter registration list and people get in and they vote. >>anna: weve got to show both sides. eric holder has to say we ...

Demonstrate that this is having a significant effect on minority voters. youre going to have to prove, perhaps, this is intentionally motivated to have that effect. and the supreme court has already been pretty skeptical about the argument. so i dont think that claim is going to get vindicated in the court any time soon, unless theres a change in their composition of the court. striking down the preclearance provision is a big deal. before the supreme court decision last term, mostly southern st...

Interrupt that. so i think that there is a long way to go in terms of our economic standing, in terms of the masses. i think theres a long way to go in terms of our dealing with those state laws that try to undermine it. the most egregious is that we are now even seeing a regression in our voting rights. when we look at the supreme court taking out section four, we look at north carolina and texas and other states trying to come with voter suppression schemes, we are not only going -- not moving...

Implementation of these voter i.d. laws. and theyre cutting early voting. it is also very, very essential to democracy within the black community. because churches organize around those sundays before election days to get out the vote and there are politicians on the right who specifically targeted early voting for these reasons. so there is a systematic attempt. preclearance was working or trying to keep one the different ways in which they try to disenfranchise people. and the supreme court sa...

Section 5, to get approval from the voting rights department, the department of justice, to show that this wouldnt make the position of minority voters worse off. a section 2 claim is very tough to win. a section 3 claim, which is also being asked for, to try to get preclearance restored, is going to be very tough to get without proof of intentional racial discrimination. some kind of smoking gun, something. all of the other options are not nearly as good as what we had before june when the supr...