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One gutting that part of the voting rights act which requires nine states, mostly in the south, to obtain federal clearance before tinkering with voting procedures, and another which upheld affirmative action only in narrow circumstances and only after imposing strict scrutiny. when i opined on the radio that the collection of these headlines made me realize that race relations don't seem to be improving any time soon, and might be hampered by the changing demographics of the nation, my comment prompted a noteworthy response. melissa from dallas was listening as she dropped off her seen pre-k ...

Let me finish tonight with this. when it comes to race relations, this past week was one that suggested things aren't getting any better. first, there was celebrity chef paula deen in a professional tailspin after acknowledging in a sworn deposition that she had used the n word. and then came the start of the george zimmerman trial in which facing charges. the first words uttered by john guy who was quoting zimmerman as he tailed martin. supreme court rulings. one gutting that part of the voting rights act, which requires nine states, mostly in the south to obtain federal clearance before tink...

Holder calls a setback has to be good because this is a guy, we really didn't think the new black panthers in philadelphia at the voting polls was a serious set back, suing specific states over certain things, that wasn't a serious set back. so when holder is disappointed, i walk a little happier. >> greg makes a good point. maybe most of america doesn't understand what section 4 is. that was a formula to determine which states had to get federal approval to change voting procedures, those states had a history of racial discrimination. my point is if the states don't have that history any more...

The constitution said that the black people in the united states should each count as 3/4 of a person, then when they were freed, they were not exactly welcomed into the voting booths. they were subject to all sorts of discrimination, including murder, for simply attempting to register to vote, never mind actually voting. something had to be done but it took the country 100 years to do it. and in 1965. president johnson signed the voting rights act into law. it said essentially that in the parts of the country where discrimination against the black voters was the most extreme, the federal gove...

Martha: breaking news out of the supreme court. they made a decision on the voting rights issue before them. it's a huge decision. shannon bream joins us live outside the u.s. supreme court. they made some changes to the way that the voting rights act is viewed. what can you tell us? >> for folks to remember this is about the voting rights act was passed in the mid 1960s. it was passed so certain covered jurisdictions, there are several states and chunks of states where there has been a history of discrimination in the past. because of that if they want to change voting procedures they have to...