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Based on the evidence of intentional racial discrimination that was presented just last year in the case of texas v. holder as well as the history of pervasive voting-related discrimination against racial minorities, that the supreme court itself has recognized, we believe that the state of texas should be required to go through a preclearance process whenever it changes its voting laws and practices. >> that was eric holder on thursday. announcing a new frontier in the battle over voting rights. the obama administration will use parts of the vra still intact in order to ask for more supervisi...

General greg abbott immediately enacted the state's voter i.d. law. holder pointed to another court case that says the texas state legislature does crimed against latino voters in a redistricting plan. >> based on evidence of intentional racial discrimination that was presented just last year in redistricting of case of texas v. holder, as well as a history of pervasive voting related discrimination against racial minorities the supreme court itself has recognized, we believe that the state of texas should be required to go through a preclearance process whenever it changes its voting laws and...

The national urbanen league. a part of that process of filing the papers later on would be to force texas to obtain federal approval before texas officials change their election law. the process would be under federal oversight for a decade. it is called the so-called preclearance process. the last month, after that supreme court decision, texas immediately moved to enact its new voter i.d. law but holder did not point to that as the reason for his actions. he said that there was another case in which the texas legislature was found to have intentionally discriminated against latino voters in ...

With the cooler than average, the other region we will be dealing with the warmer than average. a little bit of good news, a little bit of bad news. hopefully there is a silver lining there somewhere. jenna: 85 seems cool, refreshing, right? >> reporter: thank goodness i can show my face around here today. jenna: janice, thank you very much. >> reporter: okay. jon: right now a legal showdown underway. it pits the state of texas against the justice department over the lone star state's proceed proceeded sraoeuter id law. chief washington correspondent james rosen is live at the u.s. district co...