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He had the right to vote. i was 24 before i had the right to vote. it took us 25 years. >> people argue the parameters of the act were outdated, that it uses election data from 1972. and chief justice roberts cited that black voter turnout exceeded white voter turnout in five covered states. there were a total of nine. >> the right to vote was protected. the unprotected right, you'll see a reversion. there have been 800 cases that the federal oversight rejected because of attempts to undermine

Does this process begin? >> well, there was a formula used to identify which of the jurisdictions were the most likely to have some type of voting violation. so what the court is saying is now that is outdated and we no longer have those types of discrimination at the polls or literacy tests to exclude some african-american voters. so now it's 201. we need a new set of circumstances. >> so, mark, the vote was 5-4 with the opinion from justice ruth bader ginsburg. the current law still uses election data from 1972. fast forward to 2012, when black voter turnout exceeded that of white voters, is...

Vra unless congress acts. the court is leaving some of the most important civil rights legislation to congress, people who haven't passed a budget in four years and voted 37 times to repeal obamacare. from the speak court to the courtroom in sanford, florida. day two in the george zimmerman murder trial. we'll be looking live. all that, plus all the stars want to be in the cycle. the supreme court kicks a key portion of the biggest civil rights law in our country across washington to capitol hill. the majority says the formula used to determine racial discrimination at the polls is out...

Argument as to whether or not it was constitutional enactment under congress' powers. >> it is sometimes a fool's game to try to read from arguments. susanna, what exactly it is that the justices are -- want to do. skeptical in their questioning, but do you think that is going to lead to a decision that reflects that? >> i think again, they have an opportunity to rule narrowly rather than broadly. although here it's still going to have significant effect even if they rule narrowly. they might say it's all right to demand preclearance from some states, but the problem is, that the formula that ...