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>> and professor joyner, i should add youre also an naacp long-time civil rights attorney yourself. is there a lot of hopefulness on the side of those who oppose this law that this judge will issue an injunction? and if he doesnt, what is the plan b? >> well, in the first place, we feel that we presented a compelling case. we had evidence presented from legislators who were involved in the process and testified that this was an irregular proceeding. it was a hurried and hectic one in which democ...

Getting people to the polls, getting them registered and engaging them to participate. so we think that we have, we presented a held of a case for the judge and at the end of the date that we will probably get a preliminary injunction. >> professor joynor, hold one moment, so ari, help my viewers to remember why this has to be in court at all. because this has everything to do with the supreme dourt of the united states -- court of the united states in their preent decision. >> that was the cont...

Voting changes, then the federal government afterwards can sue that state because of the discriminatory effect of those changes. and the big test of that surviving remnant of the voting rights act, the big test of whether or not the voting rights act at least in that small way can still work, whether it can be used to stop a state from restricting voting in ways that are discriminatory, that test is happening right now. this week in north carolina. because the federal government and a host of ci...

Minority voter influence in todays elections? the president and director council of the naacp legal defense and egts found joins us as well as zach roth. im going to start at the table with you, zach. you wrote, because today is actually the one-year anniversary of the shelby v. holder decision that essentially gutted the voting rights act by declaring section four unconstitutional and therefore basically making, as you call it, a zombie out of section five. you say shelbys most direct impact wa...

The civil rights act under president johnson and at the lbj library the president and first lady were there. the former president speaking as well. the president, congressman edwards, was strong on this point on efforts to restrict voting. here is what he said. >> vote is not a democratic issue or a republican issue. its an issue of citizenship. whats mak its what makes our democracy strong. but its a fact this recent effort to restrict the vote has not been led by both parties. its been led by ...

The civil rights act under president johnson and at the lbj library the president and first lady were there. the former president speaking as well. the president, congressman edwards, was strong on this point on efforts to restrict voting. here is what he said. >> vote is not a democratic issue or a republican issue. its an issue of citizenship. whats mak its what makes our democracy strong. but its a fact this recent effort to restrict the vote has not been led by both parties. its been led by ...

And pessimism side. you have the fire hoses and you have an american outrage about the dogs and if fire houses that helps to shift it. im wondering because we have to sort of generate a nonpartisan outrage about the restriction of voting. and part of what im also wondering is how do you challenge this? what parts allow for a challenge of these kinds of voting changes? >> well, the voting rights act, the part now functioning that a lot of people are talking about is section two of the voting righ...

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 ...

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...

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...