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Appointed. once you're appointed, that's 50% of the problem, getting re-elected. the other thing is the costs of running. it is now pretty well accepted that you have to start off being a millionaire. no matter how much of trying to avoid the impetment of color and becoming a millionaire, i think statistics would show that black folks have just not been able to get the -- there are reasons but i want you to ask the next question. >> one reason i ask, your career maybe could speak to this a little bit because you came to the house in 1970. at that time, there was sort of a wave, relatively spea...

Today i am announcing that the justice department will ask a federal court in texas to subject the state of texas to a pre-clearance regime similar to the one required by section 5 of the voting acts right opinion >> attorney general eric holder announcing that the justice department planning to ask a federal court to reinstate its authority over voting laws in texas. part of an obama strategy to challenge state alexandria laws that they say discriminate by race. to politics now. congressman steve king is defending his comments about dreamers. earlier this week he gave an interview suggestin...

Are political implications to a great many of the court's decisions and so the court and politics have never been far apart. >> and there is a split on the court on whether they believe the constitution is a living, or breathing document and we should be following the original intent. depending on the way we feel, it leads to the 5- 4 decision. you can point out the liberals are more happy with the court an the conservatives right now. and not all. one thing many on the left were unhappy about last week was the voting right's case. we will uphold the voting acts. and we'll not enforce the nine...

The white house, 2016 today. so i think the media certainly is ready. >> let's talk about the voting acts, we've got this new colorado voting rights expansion bill, lee. and basically, let's describe what this bill is, it's going to provide ballots by mail to every voter, allowing people to register and veet on election day, it creates a real-time voter doob to prevent fraud. what do we make of this and the potential for it being used as a larger model nationally? >> i think this is a positive movement for the country. you know, i know folks have tried to dice this up and say it's a partisan t...

And reenacted in 2006 still a fit? does it still cover where the problems are? now, the four liberals on the right said yes. it may not be a perfect fit, but it's close enough. they said the areas covered by the law represent about a quarter of the population, but account for more than half of all the successful voter discriminations lawsuits. the five conservatives seemed to be quite skeptical. not only scalia and justice roberts but perhaps the critical vote justice kennedy. he said the times changed. he seemed to be skeptical that the law has not kept up with that change. now, it's hard to ...