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Handful of counties outside the south have to be supervised, as you said. and there was a formula in there based on voting patterns in the 1960s. what the supreme court said today by a vote of 5-4 is that times have changed. sometimes have changed so much that that formula is invalid. and we, the united states, cannot use that formula any more to determine which states skr discrimina discriminate, so that part of the law is invalid. what that means in practice is that the other part of the law, ...

Argument, it came up in oral ar uments all the time from skeptical justices, this is a law from the 1960s. do times change? why is this -- >> time has changed but, you know, the legacy of discrimination in the south is still very apparent if you look at voting patterns there. who they elect and who votes in those elections. you know, this is interesting, in 2006 you see how the political will has changed. in 2006 boehner and issa both voted in favor of this law. republicans right now are trying ...

Mentioned shelby county case and fisher case, a big affirmative action which will decided by june in the supreme court. what we see in affirmative is what a scholar called ideological drift, it was at one end of the spectrum, drifts over to the other side of the spectrum, as you were describing in your essay at the beginning. his example is color-blindness. color-blindness comes from dissent. its seen as idea logically part of the left. now in more recent years its drifted over in the courts lan...

So when it comes to the voting patterns of mothers, theres a really stark divide. i think it was revealed in the 2012 election, this is from the exit polls. if you break it down, married mothers, mitt romney last fall, 58 to 41%. unmarried mothers voted for barack obama 74 to 24%. when i looked at that, i was surprised, first of all, to see that romney had won among married mothers. i was assuming that that would be more of a democratic lean. >> well, it was such a significant gender gap. and yo...

By the way, i did notice, i love to look at voting patterns like you im sure do. im studying black caucus members, big city liberals. those are the ones who voted against this deal which gave a great break to the fliers and screwed the people on the ground. >> it goes to show you the many ways in which our congress increasingly battles for the rich. people who can afford a plane ticket or traveling for business. thats what essentially congress is down to. theyre serving the interest of the well ...

Nothing in this bill deals with them. 4 million fewer meals on wheels for seniors. 600,000 people dropped off wic. nothing there for them. unemployment insurance, emergency unemployment insurance cut 11% for 2 million out of work americans. nothing in here for them. >> joining me right now is managing editor of the grio joy reid and "huffington post" sam stein who fired off this tweet on this issue. "head start kids should start complaining about the long tarmac delays theyre dealing with." let ...

And 40s, known as the silent generation, only 31% favor same-sex marriage. but amongst baby boomers, the number rises to 38%. it gets still higher for the middle aged generation x at about 49%. now look at the millennials. those born in 1981 or later. 70% support gay marriage. some other polls put that number even higher rising to 80%. millennials are an important constituency, representing about a fifth of this countrys voting age generation. they will be around longer than anyone else, you wan...

But amongst baby boomers, the number rises to 38%. it gets still higher for the middle aged generation x at about 49%. now look at the millennials. those born in 1981 or later. 70% support gay marriage. some other polls put that number even higher rising to 80%. millennials are an important constituency, representing about a fifth of this countrys voting age generation. they will be around longer than anyone else, you want them on your side. their voting patterns are actually striking. if you br...

Were trying to get it -- this could have huge ramifications politically if the supreme court agrees to hear this case over the next year, two years possibly, just in so many different races. >> sure, no question. i would say, you know, you look at those states -- i was looking at the map just now, those states are eight or nine of the most conservative states in terms of their voting patterns. i dont think its any huge surprise those are the places we are seems movement to restrict abortion righ...

Some course of black people or latino people. it really looking at actual voting patterns. the thing thats often true in many of the section five jurisdictions, a level thats not true in other places, is that the minority community are trying to elect candidates that the majority community will systematically reject. you have to find a place to have a political voice. >> can i make a point? this is not an grassroots uprising. this is a conservative complex. the same field that were pushing discr...