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Today, i am announcing that the justice department will ask a federal court in texas to subject the state of texas to a preclearance regime similar to the one required by section 5 of the voting rights act. this is the department's first action to protect voting rights following the shelby county decision. but it will not be our last. >> wow. welcome back to "hardball." that was eric holder late last week announcing the obama effort to combat voter suppression. keeping minorities from voting. his comments came weeks after the supreme court ruled to gut key provisions of the voting rights act o...

Federal court in texas to subject the state of texas to a preclearance regime similar to the one required by section five of the votiing rights act. >> he vowed that the texas lawsuit will not be the justice department's only effort to protect voting rights in the wake of the supreme court ruling. texas is only one of several states where republican efforts to enact voter i.d. laws are in the news right now. pennsylvania a trial challenging the i.d. law a law blocked by implementation before last year's election. trial has entered its second week. measure in north carolina goes farther than mo...

Used. there's lots of questions for congress to answer about the effectiveness. >> what i'm hearing from you is this is a creative playing of a bad hand that has been dealt to the justice department in the wake of the supreme court's reckless decision. but it is not in any way a substitute for the part of the act, the heart of the act, the preclearance provision which has been rendered moot by the supreme court. >> part of this, texas redistricting is very high profile. tons of people are in this case. >> it's our "a" block tonight. we're starting the show with it. >> the civil rights group ha...

He's asking a court to force the state to get federal permission before they can make any changes to voting or election laws in their state. now, the move is seen by create ings as a way to get around a recent supreme court ruling that wiped out part of the voting rights act. watch this. >> today i am announcing that the justice department will ask a federal court in texas to subject the state of texas to a preclearance regime similar to the one required by section 5 of the voting rights act. [applause] martha: very interesting. i'm joined now by greg abbott, the texas attorney general, he's a...

Supreme court. >> part of this, texas redistricting is very high profile. tons of people are in this case. >> it's our "a" block tonight. we're starting the show with it. >> the civil rights group have been litigating this stuff. there's tons of resources going into it. for the most part for most voting changes, that's not the case. in counties, parishes, schools, across the country. affirmative litigation will never be the way. >> you sat in the building, department of justice looking at the applications from those places. >> in doj when we had the preclearance regime before shelby county, we...