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Can veto a bad redistricting map. if we don't fix this problem in '18, we're going to pay a price for ten years. >> i'm joined by filmmaker rob reiner. thanks so much for joining us tonight. you know everything, you know politics, you know theater, you know drama. what was tonight about? was it a masquerade? how would you describe trump's performance? >> just as a performance standpoint it was -- well, we discovered he could read. he knows how to read. but it was one of the flattest state of the union performances i've ever seen. if you look at what joe kennedy did afterwards, it was a wonderf...

This case is going to the supreme court of the united states. this week, the justices announced they will review a case in wisconsin that struck down the redistricting map that the gop controls legislature created after the 2010 census and here's why. in the 2012 state house race, republicans won only 48% of the popular votes statewide, but they received a super majority of 60 seats. the challengers in the new case say they've found a way, and joining me now is one of the lawyers arguing this before the supreme court, nicolas, a professor at the university of chicago law school. professor, one...

Unconstitutional. perhaps that's about to change because this year this case is going to the supreme court of the united states. this week, the justices announce they had will review a case in wisconsin that struck down a redistricting map that the gop-controlled legislature created after the 2010 consentence customer. here's why. in the 1212 race, republicans only won about 48% and yet they received 60 of the seats. and joining me now is one of the lawyers arguing this before the supreme court. nick stephanopoulos who is a professor at the university of law school. professor, first question b...

Mayor, as crazy as that is, chris christie and his administration have a long record of abuseing over the top retribution to settle tiny political scores. there was the rutgers professor who sided with the republicans on the redistricting map, chris christie line vetoed the items at rutgers in retribution, the former governor who blocked a couple christie nominees, he responded by stripping mr. cody of his state trooper protection, which is something all former governors have always had in new jersey. then on the same day, he fired mr. cody's cousin and he fired one of his former staffers work...

The process until congress draws up new maps. >> although mandated by the constitution, voting rights are not always guaranteed in practice without robust enforcement, and that's why despite the court's decision, i believe we must regard this setback not as a defeat, but as an historic opportunity, for congress to restore and even to strengthen modern voting pro ti tekzs. >> ari berman is in austin, texas. he's been all over the voter suppression story from the start. great to have you back on the show. it appears that the doj is getting tough from texas and not letting the setback from the su...