Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - MSNBC - 20190117:11:45:00
Voting rights and suppression? >> right now the power is in the hands of the justice department to bring what are called section two cases, bring cases against states -- >> like north carolina. >> like north carolina. like texas, states like ohio who have pursued suppression, if you will, policies. we think that the justice department has a responsibility to do that. we no longer have the preclearance provisions of section 5 where they've got to get preapproval, so it's up to him. sessions didn't bring one section two case and in major section two cases that had been brought under general hold...
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