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And demonstrators in front of justices houses and what america needs to be focused on is the attack on the right of privacy that's contained in that draft opinion. >> your book talks about everything we have talked about but now your book, our unfinished march focuses on gerrymandering. a judge ruled the new florida map championed is unconstitutional. it's a win for democrats but talk about the damage to democracy. is there any incentive from politicians who compromise all they have to do to win is just redraw district lines. >> yeah. jerrygerrymandering has had an t on our democracy. you can ...

Politically for a republican party that has chosen to redraw district lines, make it harder for all the votes to count and get voiced representation from that state, is also the one waging a war on whether or not there is a recognition and acknowledgment about kids who are black, about kids who are latino, about kids who may be the children of immigrants, about kids who are lesbian or transgender because sexuality is also threatening folks but it is all because we're becoming more diverse and demography is not destiny and if we want to save democracy, it's because we figure out how this is abo...

Matters, how that is interpreted for literally generations, since 1965, the supreme court has said you cannot draw district lines, you cannot gerrymander to disadvantage african-american voters, and what the district court held in this case is that what's the raepublicans in alabama did. what the supreme court did yesterday even without hearing an argument said, no, no, we'll reinstate the alabama republicans plan for the time being until we hear this case on the merits which, of course, means in the 2022 elections, those laws will be in place. what the district court said will disadvantage bl...

With results that could impact american elections for a decade. and like many things in 2022, it has become a partisan battle. the north carolina supreme court just said the state's plans to redraw district maps are unconstitutional. the maps drawn by republican lawmakers would have given the gop a sizable, by the way, advantage. and then in ohio, you have state republicans there trying again. the state supreme court shot down the gop plans to give republicans five extra seats. now, they're trying to push through a different version that would give republicans a 20-seat advantage. but despite ...

Commission adopted a map which gave republicans 67% and 69% of state house and state seats respectively. even though polling information showed only 55% of voters statewide leaned republican. so surprise, surprise, the map was struck down by the state supreme court. the commission's second attempt at a map met the same fate. and that's how we ended up here. except this time, the commission didn't even try to pass a map. they just let the deadline come and go because third time really isn't that charm, is it? that means right now ohioans do not have any district lines for the state's 90 house a...