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>>guest: that is correct, a three-judge panel and you will expect a judgment quickly. >>neil: all right, for states like texas that may have had prior discrimination issues they have to go to the front of the behind with a question mark because if you have had a history the federal government is watching you center closely. does that put texas at a disadvantage? >>guest: well, certainly, and particularly what puts them at a disadvantage are the people that this more holder justice department, an...

Purposes? >> its oddly i ron ironic that were trying to get it passed before this election and they are stopping us. >> eric: charges of hypocrisy are not new to the obama justice department. doj voting section chief when holder first took office. >> im here to testify about a new black panther party case. >> eric: it was sparked by this 2008 video. it shows members outside a philadelphia polling place. the one with a billy club called them white devils and you are about to be ruled by the black...

Days, particularly when it comes to voting matters are aclu and the naacp and you can see that in fact, all the people theyve hired into career lawyer jobs, in the voting section, which is a section that handles this, they put, they apply a political litmus test and come from organizations who have litigated against and tried to stop voter i.d. unsuccessfully, including in georgia. >> the supreme court back in 2008 upheld an indiana state law. very similar to this. in fact, it was a 6-3 decision...

Of the d.o.j.. >> to give the background you worked five years in the justice department in the voting section of the justice department? >> thats right. >> tell us what that is. >> we enforce federal election law all around the country, whether its the voting rights act, election day monitoring. improving of voting laws in 16 states under the section 5 voting acts. a lot of work. >> the voting rights act is obviously needed, and we have this whole issue that came up with the new black panthers ...

Megyn: well, the military and the midterms. the developing story topping our brand new hour here of "america live." hi, everybody, im megyn kelly. we are getting reports from washington today that a justice department official made remarks recently that some say suggested that states delay overseas ballots. essentially robbing thousands of our soldiers of their right to vote. shannon bream has more live from washington. shannon, all right, what exactly can you tell us about this meeting, and wha...

Rights violations by black people. >> julie fernandez, the deputy assistant attorney general under the obama administration said that the voting section will never, or will not police while shes there -- at least while shes there, bring anymore cases against blacks or rather, national minorities. is that essentially what you heard. >> well it is. it is what i heard. >> reporter: past administrations have been accused of ignoring civil rights violations against whites or minorities. this time its...

Black panthers off the hook. >> maybe it was a little favor for all of the support the new black panthers, that they gave barack obama during the election. >> reporter: all of it led the civil rights organization to commence an investigation. as part of that investigatio a former justice department attorney testified the obama administration has a double standard on race, a policy of not prosecuting possible civil rights violations by black people. >> julie fernandez, the deputy assistant attorn...

Assistant attorney general under the obama administration, said that the voting section will never or will not, at least while shes there, bring any more cases against blacks or other national minorities. is that essentially what you heard? >> well, it is. it is what i heard, but -- >> past administrations have been accused of ignoring civil rights violations by whites against minorities. this time, the accusation is reversed. a conservative member of that commission, bush appointee absent gail ...

General eric holder and president obama let the new black panthers off the hook. >> maybe it was a little favor for all the support the new black panthers that they gave barack obama during the election. >> all of it has led the civil rights commission to launch an investigation into the obama administrations handling of the case. as part of that investigation, a former justice department attorney has testified that the obama administration has a double standard on race. a policy of not prosecut...

The obama administration, said that the voting section will never or will not, at least while shes there, bring any more cases against blacks or other national minorities. is that essentially what you heard? >> well, it is. it is what i heard -- >> reporter: past administrations have been accused of ignoring civil rights violations by whites against minorities. this time, the accusation is reversed. a conservative member of that civil rights commission, bush appointee abigail thurnstrom, dismiss...