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Civil rights movement and i am bound and determined not to let that be unravelled while i am attorney general. >> you and i were in the courtroom while they argued the voting rights act this session, if they dont return it, were going to have to fight just like your father did in 65. >> you know, thats another -- it should be a frustration for everybody. voting should be easier. it should be access for everybody. its tragic that section 5 of the preclearance for vision is now being talked about ...

Years to go before the next stop discriminating on the basis election, and so how they go up of race, a sentence structure or down in the polls in a given that offended many people not unlike what we heard from day even though theyre really low right now is not really the scalia. issue. but the idea that states should be offended because theyre to me the issue is whether this included is one of the most becomes, as you described it, hollow, stale, and baseless the new normal. if we just kind of ...

Most republicans would rather raise the money thats spent on selma that we are not yet at a to his last, which isnt rocket science. defense. in terms of the issue of point where the most vital part of the voting rights act, its just common sense. flexibility, perhaps the section 5, is no longer from td ameritrade. presidents top economic adviser put it best. he said its like being told you necessary. congressman john lewis says have to cut off three fingers. areas covered by the act it doesnt ma...

Mostly in the south, but not entirely have, to get preclearance from the justice department before theyre allowed to change their rules around voting. these are states that earned special scrutiny when it comes to voting because of a history of racial discrimination when it comes to voting in their jurisdictions. since the voting rights act passed in 1965, congress has decided four times now, and by very, very large margins each time, to reauthorize it, to reup it. they have determined there is ...

Supreme court is set to deliver a decision. at stake is the preclearance entitlement which requires all states to get permission from the justice department before any changes are made to the election law, and the court must require if that requirement is still required and it is timely because it was used to vote voter i.d. laws in texas and south carolina and two states covered by the preclearance. joining us is cherilyn from the ncaa legal defense fund, and so it seemed that the fact that we ...

Lengths that the politics will go the shape the electorate. and the fact is that just because the american legislative exchange council and the corporate-backed lobbying -- >> alec. >> yes, legislative group was able to import what had been essentially mostly a southern tactic of voter i.d. laws across the country in a blitzkrieg fashion in 2010 and 2011 does not mean and now it is in pennsylvania and now it is in wisconsin and plays that are not covered by the voting rights a act. that does not...

Theres been a choir, a crescendo of republicans challenging that statement, ive not heard nap. >> heres one of the lawyers challenging section 5. >> weve made great strides over the years. we have minority participation at record levels. we have minority candidates elected by 90% white populations. >> he says we no longer need the voting rights act. i mean, what is reality here? >> hes absolutely wrong. and i will say this. this is what we said in 2006. im on the house judiciary committee with t...

And take to public forum. youre absolutely right. if you want to ask me whether theres been a choir, a crescendo of republicans challenging that statement, ive not heard nap. >> heres one of the lawyers challenging section 5. >> weve made great strides over the years. we have minority participation at record levels. we have minority candidates elected by 90% white populations. >> he says we no longer need the voting rights act. i mean, what is reality here? >> hes absolutely wrong. and i will sa...

Understanding from the practical reality of what is happening in this country. remember, part of the reason we had to have these laws about preclearance is the tactics that were used from beating people as we saw to these kinds of insidious poll taxes and tests. and now we know we have plenty of evidence and data from the past election and previous elections that again the tactics have shifted. and its not about voter registration. i think thats a really important point here. its about the oppor...

Election dates or anything else they could think of to undermine or thwart minority voting while just hoping that they wouldnt get sued some day over it, but if they did, oh, well, damage is already done. no, in states and in some counties and cities that had really earned it, those states would have to clear any of the changes they wanted to make around their elections rules with the feds. the same way those marchers ultimately got protection from soldiers and national guardsmen operating under...