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The role of the federal government in helping to protect that right under the 15th amendment of the constitution. we thought it was a powerful statement. and a really important indication to the country that this administration was committed to enforcing the right to vote for all. now, what attorney general holder did last week was to send a powerful signal, not just to texas, but to the nation that other aspects of the voting rights act not damaged by the shelby county decision will be used to help enforce the law. last week, he used section 3 of the act which helped bring in states that migh...

To be very quickly to respond by creating a new section or, if you will, a voting rights act circa 21st century. i think what i want the viewers to understand is that shelby county could have gotten out from under preclearance under section four. there were ways for jurisdictions to get out, to opt out of the preclearance provision. so the court really extended its arm and overreached and struck a dagger, if you will, a spear, if you will, in the heart of the voting rights act, now 50 years after the historic 1960s. >> so when i look at the national urban league, for example, i mean, we're in ...