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Talking about with the lbj legacy. voting rights has become a key issue, particularly a new set of laws in north carolina that will be put into practice for the first time in the may 6th primary. north carolina isn't the only state grappling with this voting rights issue. several other southern states are dealing with changes to their election rules as well. that comes on the heels of that landmark supreme court decision to lift requirements that were put in place by the voting rights act itself in '65. nine states and parts of six others are required to get federal permission before changing ...

For changes in election law was outdated and unfair. righting to the majority chief justice john roberts. nearly 50 years later he writes things have changed dramatically. they are based on decades old data ander r-- and eradicated practices. >> it is one size fits all not for arizona and georgia that places like new york and idaho don't have to fly with. i think a great constitutional order has been restored today. that's a wonderful thing for our system of government. >> the case also drew blistering dissent from justice ruth bader ginsberg who calls this the demolition of the voting rights ...

Of 1965, there would be no barack obama as president of the united states of america. we've come too far, made too much progress to go back. >> this decision represents a serious setback for voting rights. and has the potential to negatively affect millions of americans across the country. >> in a 5-4 ruling the court's conservatives said the areas covered by the voting rights act have changed but the law has not kept up. the act requires states with a history of voter discrimination to get permission from the federal government before changing how they conduct elections. the court left that p...

>> reporter: it's true. a lot of what we'll see decided at the court has roots in those things. the conversation about civil rights and who is equal under the law. with the same sex marriage we are expecting to get tomorrow or thursday. but all of those things have a common thread in talking about a couple things. civil rights issues. equality under the law and states rights. that's a big, big theme for a lot of the cases we have seen at the court. martha: shannon, thank you very much. bill: judge andrew napolitano. 1966, the formula was rational, practice and theory. coverage today is based o...