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Government to advocate on behalf of the people who are criticizing the laws and say that they are unconstitutional or violate federal laws. there used to be under the voting rights act a requirement before the government made any changes in voting procedures changing the dates for advance registration, moving a polling place, anything, they had to get permission either from the justice department or a federal court. that all changed when the supreme court cut the heart out of the voting rights act. so, now one of the main ways that the justice department can use its influence is stepping into ...

Dozen people linked, as we mentioned earlier, to the house intelligence panel, including its chair adam schiff, as well as member eric swalwell. joining me now is pete williams outside the justice department. and with us national security and intelligence correspondent ken delainian. pete, i'll start with you, the attorney general today quite the busy day on that front. walk us through what we just heard from him and what your major take aways from his speech were. >> you know, the attorney general has long said that one of the reasons the department of justice was created in the first place w...

Rights act. he also made clear that he will not support abolishing the filibuster. the senator appeared on fox news to explain his objection to the for the people act. >> i think it's the wrong piece of legislation to bring our country together. they're not supporting that because i think it would devise further. >> so what's the difference between the two bills? we'll take a look. we've broken down into some bullet points for you. for the people act is pretty wide ranging. it would ban partition gerrymandering and standardized voting procedures across the country. the john lewis voting rights...

>> this morning joe manchin made news on election reform that could mean the end of an voting rights bill. senator manchin wrote that he'll vote against the for the people act. however, he added that he does support the john lewis voting rights act. he also made clear he'll not support abolishing the filibuster. the senator appeared on fox news to explain his objection to the for the people act. >> i think it's wrong piece of legislation to bring our country together. i think it would divide us further. >> what is the difference? take a look. we broke it down into bullet points for you. the fo...

Whether students can be punished for things they say on social media off campus. there's a question about the rules for deciding when states violate voting rights laws when they change voting procedures. that's an important one for trying to decide the court challenges to all the changes that are being made to voting laws around the country. the question of whether there's a religious freedom exception to antidiscrimination laws. this is a case that comes from philly. catholic social services won't provide foster children to same-sex parents. there's a question of whether the ncaa can block sc...