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Of the law or the 15th amendment. you can say somebody has violated their constitutional rights if the result of their action has caused there to be that abridgment on the basis of race. to have that impact. here you have combined what he said, the purposeful intent which makes an even stronger case to do so. that's why he's bringing it under this provision. >> yeah. so garland went as far as to say if the supreme court hadn't struck down a provision of the voting rights act in 2013 that required states with a history of discrimination to clear any voting rule changes, this georgia law wouldn'...

Intervened in georgia. and frederica, i would ask you to also watch texas. you may be aware that the governor has called a special session in texas for july 8th, and they're going to go in and they're going to try to pass this discriminatory voting law in our state as well. and so, if we don't put an end to this now, you're going to see these laws continue to proliferate all over the country, and they're aimed at making it harder for black and hispanics to vote, and so i want to echo what my colleague, nikema williams has said, co-chair of the voting rights caucus. we absolutely have to pass h...

That are elected in primaries, which is how you get elected in a lot of these texas counties these days, they want these republican judges that are elected in these primaries to decide whether or not close elections should be overturned. it's just -- it's insane what's happening here, and so i would ask kristen clarke is everyone else over at doj to continue to watch what's happening here in the lone star state because they are really trying to push the envelope without us having preclearance and the protection of the voting rights act and also with us not being able to pass hr 1. it's why we ...

That this is something that republicans just weren't on board with. and be able to point to the democrats who are going to be able to go back to their districts and say, you know what, we took this issue before the people and prioritized it and we did our part regardless of what the outcome we wanted it to be. >> i guess one other thing, we may see and there was late news yesterday, perhaps senator roy blunt is one to watch on preclearance for voting rights act, that would be incremental to the people act, but still be something that perhaps we may see discussed in the future. "washington post...

The way people understand directly and impact on themselves. on the john lewis voting rights act, there are other reasons to put forward, but not everyone understands the detail of preclearance. so, i think there are different reasons. the reality is the republicans are the same republicans, regardless of which bill they're talking about. they're not going to come along. certainly not in a public that is -- you know, sufficient enough to override the filibuster. i actually think, chuck, if you brought either one of these bills up and you did not have a filibuster, you would see bipartisan bill...