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Act. there's section two, a provision that allows for private litigants and for the department of justice to pursue discriminatory changes to methods of elections, and the hopes of other discriminatory voting measures as a provision that allows for jurisdictions that have intensely discriminated to be bailed in to coverage, where they have to submit their voting changes for approval. but i like the point that congressman lewis made about how the supreme court's devastating, and really, disgraceful decision broke his heart. and to ari's point, i think there's a moment now where congress can rec...

Suggests that the supreme court should do that again this time. >> looking at the -- i'm glad that you brought that up, because looking at the ways that this has been challenged in the past, it's obviously been challenged in the political arena. there have been long debates about this in congress. they have always been resolved by overwhelming votes, increasingly overwhelming votes in favor of keeping the act, there has also been challenges up to and including the supreme court fault approximately times. it has always been upheld. what has changed that it seems to threatened now? is there new ...

Act, as you mentioned in your introduction, they did their homework. they held 21 hearings over ten months, hearing from 90 witnesses both for and against reauthorizing the voting rights act, and created the 15,000 page record which outlined in great detail, and the last reauthorization period more than one thousand proposed discriminatory changes were blocked by section 5 of the voting rights act. the reality is that the theme of the voting rights act is yes there has been tremendous progress in our country since 1965, since brave americans 100 yards from here put themselves in harm's way to ...

Specter. and i'm going to look at the situation and make an independent judgment. >> senator, can i hold your book while i ask you a question? >> oh, yeah. >> so, senator arlen specter author of "life among the cannibals." >> if you hold my book, a answer your request he. >> senator santorum has said now that he regrets helping you -- supporting you, helping your campaign. do you regret helping put two conservatives on the supreme court? >> well, i'm rethinking that. i'm still watching. i will say this about roberts and alito. i'm disappointed in their testimony before the judiciary committee....