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The civil rights act under president johnson and at the lbj library the president and first lady were there. the former president speaking as well. the president, congressman edwards, was strong on this point on efforts to restrict voting. here is what he said. >> vote is not a democratic issue or a republican issue. it's an issue of citizenship. whats mak it's what makes our democracy strong. but it's a fact this recent effort to restrict the vote has not been led by both parties. it's been led by the republican party. >> pretty tough charge, backed up "washington post" in the last 15 months ...

And pessimism side. you have the fire hoses and you have an american outrage about the dogs and if fire houses that helps to shift it. i'm wondering because we have to sort of generate a nonpartisan outrage about the restriction of voting. and part of what i'm also wondering is how do you challenge this? what parts allow for a challenge of these kinds of voting changes? >> well, the voting rights act, the part now functioning that a lot of people are talking about is section two of the voting rights act. i'm referring to an important in our national history, which is the supreme court struck d...

Called the voting rights act. that's the same piece of legislation he, himself, twice defended in oral arguments before the supreme court. the same piece of legislation the conservative legal movement has been waging a successful war against for years. when the supreme court gutted section 5 of the voting rights act last summer, they revoked the justice department's power to automatically review for preclearance any voting changes in states with histories of discrimination. the justice department has another tool under the voting rights act. they don't automatically get preclearance power anym...

Defended in oral arguments before the supreme court. the same piece of legislation the conservative legal movement has been waging a successful war against for years. when the supreme court gutted section 5 of the voting rights act last summer, they revoked the justice department's power to automatically review for preclearance any voting changes in states with histories of discrimination. the justice department has another tool under the voting rights act. they don't automatically get preclearance power anymore, but under section 2 of the law doj can request preclearance in specific states or...

Defended in oral arguments before the supreme court. the same piece of legislation the conservative legal movement has been waging a successful war against for years. when the supreme court gutted section 5 of the voting rights act last summer, they revoked the justice department's power to automatically review for preclearance any voting changes in states with histories of discrimination. the justice department has another tool under the voting rights act. they don't automatically get preclearance power anymore, but under section 2 of the law doj can request preclearance in specific states or...