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Don't really care about precedent, they're going to stomp all over precedent because they have a political agenda. it is the same political agenda of donald trump and right-wingers, and they're just going to do it. they don't really care. >> joy, i don't know what to tell people. this is no longer like jim crow. this is jim crow. this is what the court did back during the jim crow era. my mother is 70 years old. she was born in 1950 -- more than 70 years old. born in 1950 in mississippi. she has lived through this. and it's happening again. and i can't seem to get people including democrats to...

Actually speak to the issues on the ground. in san francisco, it is more complicated. there was a whole bunch of outside money that came into this. in san francisco, there is a debate about whether the mayor is engaged in a power grab. these three would go up for election in november. we begin to chart the money. we see the money is not necessarily local. it is part of a concerted campaign around the country by folks who are targeting school boards, who are connected to crt. mind you -- >> san francisco though. this is not birmingham, alabama. >> you're right. >> it is outside money. there's s...

Trump and company. >> looking ahead, how could this impact the criminal probe into the trump organization? >> so, it probably won't. here's why, chris. when you invoke your 5th amendment right against self-incrimination, if you do it at a civil deposition, which is what is being conducted by a.g. james, that can be used against you at the civil trial. the jury sitting in the civil case can actually get that evidence and can draw negative inferences against you. but that information that you invoked your 5th amendment right against self-incrimination can never be presented to a criminal jury, b...

Forcefully for the democratic constitution, that's a small d, democratic constitution. just as scully did for a right-wing conservative prosecution. if you look at a majority of the constitutional amendments adopted since the bill of rights, they've been about democracy expanding, suffrage extending movement and the country. women suffrage, and the 15th amendment to dismantle race barriers, and the 17th amendment to allow for direct election of u.s. senators, and so on. that's the meaning of our constitution. a progressive movement towards democracy for the people. that's what's under attack, ...

Black. the city council says they violated 15th amendment by approving the measure in december with the discrimina intent to -- discriminatory intent. >> the previous mayor, bill de blasio, was hesitant to support the law. he supported it, but he very much said i'm not sure this passes muster with the state constitution which says you need to be a citizen in order to vote in new york state and clearly this is a law that violates that. >> shannon: ok, so this is what a mayor up in vermont had to say about allowing noncitizens to vote in local elections. here is her take. >> there are people in ...