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See in texas, in georgia. in fact, 49 states have proposed some kind of voting restrictions all unleashed by the supreme court in its so-called shelby v. holder decision of over nine years ago. the supreme court knows full well, especially those six conservatives, that what they re doing is giving a license to people who wish to suppress voters of color. they re giving a license for states, like texas and georgia, and we have had problems here in south carolina to a lesser extent. but we cannot allow voting rights to be turned over to a ....
A problem with it, too. they re all hiding behind joe manchin and letting him take the bullet on this. good point. as well as on the filibuster. but given where we are, right, and i know you re not arguing that there is no oversight of elections from congress, right? i mean, there is some as laid out in the constitution. right. but, but, given where we are now after shelby v. holder in 2013, this is the system that we re dealing with. and i hear you saying, yes, you believe the john lewis voting rights act which would restore federal oversight of areas where voters have had their rights infringed on, is what you like. i guess myum argument here is a what cost. you pointed out things you don t like, but are you arguing perfect being the enemy of the good? well, look, you mentioned shelby, poppy. the john lewis voting rights act ....
Lewis voting rights advancement acts. the fact john lewis almost lost his life and then actually did die, and there were senators on both sides of the aisle mourning his up in solidarity with what john lewis was all about, which is voting rights, is appalling. and i think that really what needs to happen is not just a cloture vote but there does need to come an end the filibuster needs to come to an end. it is literally stifling progress. i don t know how many times black people and people of color have to fight for voting rights in this country. the fact that it s been, i don t know how many years, but i went to law school, but 2013 is when shelby v. holder, right, was ruled on by the supreme court. they have told congress to act on voting rights since 2013. and so while we re having this conversation about whether or not progressives, right, are the ....
Good. since you are from alabama, i want to touch on shelby v. holder, gutted section five of the voting rights act in 2013. garland wants congress to pass the john lewis voting rights act restoring the doj s ability to review state election laws before they become effective. talk about why this piece is essential. this is the provision of the voting rights act called preclearance and let me give you an example that i ve actually dealt with. say you get to be a couple of weeks out from an election, and all of a sudden, a state or a municipality starts closing polling places in a majority/minority neighborhood, making it much more difficult for people in the neighborhood to go out and vote. well maybe it s justified by voting numbers or maybe it s the result of racial animous in an effort to suppress the votes. ....
Rights act and there are republicans who have traditionally supported these things. and support has kind of dissipated over the course of the last several years but when you pare back to reinstalling what was done away in shelby v. holder, there s a pathway to 60. the filibuster is not going anywhere. the math, look, the governor can call a special section, in texas law, they call a special session. they have the votes. the democrats can try parliamentary tactics, this is what it does. it bans unsis litted mail-in ballot applications, prohibits sunday night voting. st st stops drive-throw voting. rolls back things put in place during the pandemic year. you re seeing this in state after state. 22 restrictive laws enacted so far in 14 states. republicans would go back to pre-covid era because they lost, more people voted in the election year, where we thought fewer people would vote because ....