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Address the larger issue of religious freedom in the first moment versus lgbt rights. these cases are popping up all over the place, so it's a matter of time before the justices do have to address it. with only two weeks left in the current term, there are still several major decisions we are expecting including a pair of gerrymandering cases. one in north carolina where republicans are accused of it, the other in maryland were democrats are accused of it. the court will decide in those cases the electoral districts drawn up by state legislatures can be too partisan. if they are, what is the c...

Like. >> during its 2017-2018 term, the supreme court heard several gerrymandering cases. >> it's not just republicans doing this or democrats doing this. it's politicians doing this to try to protect their own power. >> it is about power? >> absolutely. gerrymandering is fundamentally about power. >> i think we've got to end the practice of drawing our congressional districts so politicians can pick their voters and not the other way around. >> former president obama has taken up the fight to end gerrymandering. teaming up with former attorney general eric holder to create the national democr...

Like. >> during its 2017-201 term, the supreme court heard several of gerrymandering cases. >> it's not just republicans doing this or democrats doing this. it's politicians doing this to try to protect their own power. >> this is about power. >> absolutely. gerrymandering is fundamentally about power. >> i think we've got to end the practice of drawing our congressional districts so politicians can pick their voters and not the other way around. >> former president obama has taken up the fight to end gerrymandering. teaming up with former attorney general eric holder to create the national de...

Supreme court heard several gerrymandering cases. >> it's not just republicans doing this or democrats doing this. it's politicians doing this to try to protect their own power. >> it is about power? >> absolutely. gerrymandering is fundamentally about power. >> i think we've got to end the practice of drawing our congressional districts so politicians can pick their voters and not the other way around. >> former president obama has taken up the fight to end gerrymandering. teaming up with former attorney general eric holder to create the national democratic redistricting committee. the ndrc b...

Particularly people of color when it comes to election time saying my vote won't matter any way and so why bother. this is not just an issue that's happening in georgia. we have seen gerrymandering cases, voter suppression claims coming out of north carolina, ohio, pennsylvania. very crucial states that tend to have very, very close margins in these races. it's a small way to spotlight a very big and real issue of voter suppression in the country. >> jim, before i let you go, i want to hit on a story we talked about elizabeth warren. this dna test that's released. due to an error it misat a ti...