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Summer it was suing the state of georgia under section 2 of the voting rights act and commend your department for working to protect the rights of all americans to vote. section 2 of the voting rights act prohibits voting practices or procedures that discriminate on the basis of race while section 5 of the act main dates that changes to voting practices in certain covered jurisdictions be pre-cleared by federal authorities. with the supreme court having nullified section 5 in effect the pre-clearance requirement by ruling the coverage formula was unconstitutional, does the department view sect...

0 jurisdiction? >> any understanding is the judge i -- >> he held the warden in contempt but we haven't seen improvement. >> he asked for a review and the justice department is conducting a review. the marshals did an inspection the other day that was reported in the news and the civil rights division is examining the circumstances. this is the district of columbia jail not the prison system. >> as i explained to members i view the wearing of facemasks as a safety issue and important matter of order and decorum because i'm responsible for preserving order and decorum in this committee i am req...

Rights advancement act which was introduced in the upper chamber yesterday. the legislation faces an uphill battle in the senate as republicans have made it clear that they choose politics and power over the constitutional right for everyone to vote. the bill takes aim at discriminatory voting practices, its passage is necessary in the federal fight against the gop-led assault on voting rights which includes passing state laws that make it harder to access the ballot box and sowing distrust in election systems. texas republicans who were apparently not yet done after they passed one of the mos...

>> neal katyal, we talked about texas businesses. let me put up some of the biggest ones. american airlines, southwest, hewlett-packard, at&t, 7-eleven. if you were an employer in texas what kind of reassurance would you want to give your female workforce? >> i want to pick up on something matt said. the majority of people in texas don't support this abortion law. the only way this works is it's hand in glove with voting restriction after voting restriction imposed in texas. it's not just the abortion law. it's in conjunction with their voting practices which are disenfranchising lots and lots...

Which already has some of the nation's strictest voting rules, will be the first to come before a state legislature since the supreme court's ruling last week to uphold two voting restrictions in arizona. that decision significantly elevated the threshold for whether a voting measure constitutes a violation of section two of the voting rights act which prohibits discriminatory voting practices. whether texas democrats are successful yet again in blocking the restrictive voting measures put forward in their state remains to be seen,utdy voting rights attorney mark elias is signaling the fight i...