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Made possible by the supreme court's 2013 decision to strike down the preclearance requirement of the voting rights act to stop doj from reviewing new election laws enacted by states almost immediately after that ruling, republican led states started passing voter i.d. laws. the new conservative-leaning court donald trump cemented could decide as early as tomorrow on voting case from arizona. friday, attorney general merrick garland call on congress to enact the new voting rights act named after john lewis it's stalled out in the senate. that brings us to the politics of getting that done road...

Making election workers targets of threatened or actual violence. the threats according to the associated press now leading local election workers to quit, raising concerns that partisans could step in to replace them. the attacks on voting rights are frankly hard to combat due to a lack of federal pro texs made possible by the supreme court's 2013 decision to strike down the pre-clearance requirement of the voting rights act which stopped the doj from reviewing new election laws enacted by states almost immediately after that ruling, republican-led states started passing voter i.d. laws. the ...

Through code words like law and orderch saying all black people are living in hell hole an saying what do you have to lose by voting for trurp. they could lose the right to vote and affirmative action and the notion the federal government sees racism as a serious problem in the united states. do you concur with that. >> very much so. he asked that question. who do you to lose and then proposed a health care bill where 6 million african-americans would lose health care and die. we are seeing his appointment to the justice center roll back and protection on the voter and jeff sessions did was to...

Probably more relevant here. they're looking at the voting case. and the fact that the vote happens at the same time, means it will be hard to run one vote without the other. there are so many parties involved in hosting a world cup it makes moving or cancelling it very difficult. but once the criminal system or legal organizations get involved it does take it out of football's sphere. the bigs that missed out, the likes of australia, portugal, united states and spain will no doubt keep a very close eye on what happens. and whether or not they've got grounds to take action as well. well, if yo...

To be impact-based. you only have to prove discriminatory impact, not intent. that preserved section two as one of the pillars of the voting rights act, which survives today. congress can do the same thing right now with section three. it's not a very difficult change. they could do it tomorrow, if they wanted, and there's an historical precedent for them to do so. >> ari, i'm so glad you brought that up. and dale, i want to come back to this. because right now, in front of the supreme court, what's potentially being heard is the mt. holly case. and that's a fair housing case, it's not a votin...