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>> since mbt tock office in january. this becomes a voting rights issue except the old pre-clearance is no more. used to be states covered by the voting rights act had to submit their plan so the burden had to be on texas to prove you were doing this right and now they said they did this deliberately to undermine the influence of voters of color. can you make that case? >> well, its to dilute their vote and the voting strength, right? >> you have obviously necessarily blocs that happened to vote...

Appreciate it. also in our politics lead, the biden administration is taking aim at texas once again. this time accusing republican lawmakers of discriminating against black and latino voters. today the justice department filed a lawsuit that says the states new redistricting plans were specifically designed to have, quote, anglo voting majorities and dilute the voting strength of minorities. last month the doj challenged a different texas state law that imposes restrictions on aid provided to...

The complaint also asks the court to establish interim plans pending a lawful state redistricting. this is not the first time texas has acted to minimize the voting rights of its minority citizens. decade after decade courts have found that texas as enacted redistricting plans that deliberately dilute the voting strength of latino and black voters and that violate the voting rights act. the attorney general has made clear that the justice department will not stand idly by in the face of unlawful...

Voting strength of nonwhite voters who happen to fuel texas population growth over the past few years. in response the naacp has released an open letter condemning the governors action by targeting some very high-profile residents of the state. professional athletes. in the letter addressed to athletes in the nba, nfl, wnba, mlb, nhl, the naacp president derrick johnson appeals to free agents of all those leagues with one simple message, if you are a free agent and are considering employment in ...

Comparable 39% of the state population, are a majority in just 18% of the districts, asian texans makeup under, 12 and 5% of the population respectively are majority zero districts, the things that makes it so notable is the population growth which allowed texas these two new seats, is 95% attributable, to people of color, now a teeny legal rights organization, the mexican american legal defense fund education, fund is suing texas governor greg abbott, and the deputies secretive state to block t...

Which allowed texas these two new seats is 95% attributable to people of color. now a latino legal rights organization, the mexican american legal defense and educational fund, is suing the governor and the deputy secretary of state to block the map from taking effect saying it illegally and unconstitutionally dilutes the voting strength of voters in texas. she joins me now. firstly, lets start with what the ground rules of the voting rights act and the constitution say about this process. what ...

Expected to appear for depositions. select committee chair bennie thompson had a warning for those who refused to cooperate. >> the only thing i can say is, the committee will probably, to those who dont agree to come in voluntarily, well do criminal referrals. and let that process work out. >> now, across the street from the capitol, at the supreme court, and across the country, thousands marched for abortion rights, spurred on by outrage over attacks on reproductive health care by state legisl...

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Areas. immigrants. illegal immigrants. as a way of advantaging republican districts. of course the census has to do with designation of representation and representatives in congress. thats what it was about. the memo was found after the case was argued. it revealed what the real goal of this was. you heard the justices there essentially say the cover story was not true. >> of course you wonder, its about die luting voting strength of a particular party. it maybe about the idea of putting people...

Thats whats -- thats what their goal is and that was a goal really before the administration ever even was sworn into office. you had wilbur ross there trying to concoct a kind of cover story that made this sound like it was something to do with the voting rights act. he suggested that it was really the doj that wanted to do this and come to find out this was something that was coming from wilbur ross and others outside of the administration with the goal of, as you said, undercounting folks in ...