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Worse. i think thats the main takeaway. >> talk to me about that. it could have been a lot worse? >> the petitioners in the case, including the attorney general of arizona, wanted to gut section 2. the story actually goes back a lot farther than that. in 2013, the supreme court did away with section 5 of the voting rights act. in shelby county, the court said all of the civil rights era cases and laws that congress enacted to get rid of jim crow restrictions that required preclearance by the jus...

Court believes states get wide latitude in the voting rules. we are joined with the big final day decisions. >> very big, indeed. and the take away from this is that this is going to make it a lot harder for challengers of these voting laws to actually prevail here. because in this 6 3 decision written, this didnt just uphold the arizona laws that have been in effect for many years. but this restricted the ability of challengers to really challenge section 2. and the reason why this is so import...

Side of those who -- unless, unless youre john roberts. the conservative and elected a supreme court. he has a lifetime appointment. in 2013 roberts invented a new constitutional principle to got a key section of the voting rights act, known as preclearance. roberts could do that without any political consequences, and in fact he came up with this tortured ruling, the formula congress came up to figure out who got preclearance was indefensible. it offended the sovereign dignity of the state and ...

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Their bilateral meeting to enhance security along that border. theres something called preclearance in canada and eight airports across the country, if youre entering the united states you clear customs and immigration there in canada. which raises some questions about whether or not the presidents executive order on extreme vetting the immigration ban might run afoul of canadian law. canada has very strong anti-discrimination laws. to subject people to an immigration ban as theyre entering thro...

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Is there a self-interest politically here for republicans where they look at this and say there is simply nothing in this for us that if we do this, were helping democrats? >> i really dont. i think there are some members probably representing the states that are in preclearance that feel like theyve been on the probation list forever and that their states are not the same today as they were in 1965 and, therefore, that there should be -- they should be given better consideration than has been t...

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