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Possibilities. but civil rights lawyers in the south are few in numbers and we need the justice department in the first instance to try to police agencies. one of the people on this show just said that the south was perhaps not the only place where there's voting discrimination. and that's true. but the reality is, the south is still very, very different than other parts of the country. just one statistic to prove the point. in the last election, 40% of white voters in the country opted for an african-american president. in alabama, that figure was 15%. i think that tells that you something's ...

With the supreme court's decision today. for nearly 50 years the voting rights act enact and repeatedly renewed by wide bipartisan committees in congress. today it upsets decades of well established practices that help make sure voting is fair especially in places where voting discrimination has been prevalent. he says as a nation we've made a great deal of progress toward guaranteeing every american a right to vote but as the supreme court recognizes, voting discrimination still exists. while today's decision is a setback with doesn't end our efforts to end voting discrimination. i'm calling ...

There were many difficulties within congress. president reagan signed the reauthorization of the voting rights act. president bush signed the reauthorization of the voting rights act. this has always been a bipartisan piece of legislation and the reason it is, because it is embodies what we all aspire to in this country. it is a recognition of our highest democratic principles, the idea of equality, the idea of inclusion, the idea of ensuring that we don't make the victims of voting discrimination bear the burden of proving it. that's at the heart of what our country thinks about itself. we sh...

No, i'm serious. so in 2006, it was reauthorized by unanimous support of the united states senate, and near unanimous of the united states house of representatives. this report is based on a recognition that voting is a fundamental right. it is the foundation of our democracy. the voting rights act has been a critical and effective means to guarantee that core right. as the supreme court acknowledged, we made progress as a nation the supreme court also recognized voting discrimination still exists. between 1982 and 2006, the justice department blocked 700 changes in local voting rules. 700 cha...

Most republicans would rather raise the money that's spent on selma that we are not yet at a to his last, which isn't rocket science. defense. in terms of the issue of point where the most vital part of the voting rights act, it's just common sense. flexibility, perhaps the section 5, is no longer from td ameritrade. president's top economic adviser put it best. he said it's like being told you necessary. congressman john lewis says have to cut off three fingers. areas covered by the act it doesn't matter which three represent more than 80% of fingers you cut off, it's still lawsuits proving c...