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We're hoping the justices do the same thing. >> when you listen to states and local municipalities who want to have control of their own voting procedures over their own elections. >> but they do. that's what gets lost here. so first of all, you can do anything that's not discriminatory, right? the only time that they get stopped -- it's very rare -- is when something is actually discriminatory. that sort of control runs counter to the purposes of our constitution. like we believe in this country. you should be allowed to do things that are discriminatory. if you don't discriminate for ten yea...

Probably or possibly struck down. if that happens, given how much attention we did pay in this past election to attempts to restrict the right to vote to make it hard for people to vote, do you think there's enough of an outcry in the country to take on bigger national protections of voting? >> krystal, i share your opinion in wanting a section 5 for everybody. i really doubt that states are going to want to give up that power to the federal government. but i do think that in looking forward, if the section 5 of the vra is struck down, you're going to see a push for more normalization of votin...

1965 to prevent racial discrimination, to stop the taxes, literacy taxes and violence rampant across jim crowe south. nine states are required, mostly in the south, to get federal permission before changing their voting procedures. this provision stopped unfair voting changes like districts redrawn to minimize the vote of african-americans. recently, it's been used to block photo id laws in south carolina and texas. and cutbacks in early voting in florida. yet, in 2009, chief justice roberts wrote quote, things have changed in the south. yes, things have changed. clearly not enough. just this ...

Supreme court will take up a challenge to the voting right act and it could have a massive impact on u.s. elections. at the heart is section 5, which requires certain town, counties and states to get pre-clearance from a court before making changes to voting procedures in districts. here to break it down is the former assistant district attorney. >> great to see you, shannon. >> shannon: elizabeth, what is at stake snitch the voting rights act is one of the most iconic laws that has passed in the past century. it guarantees -- it makes a reality, the 15th amendment guarantee of the right to vo...

Reid, senior correspondent. this was a big win today in that pennsylvania courtroom. >> it absolutely was. it was critical. not only did pennsylvania have the most restrictive voter i.d. law in the country, it also is one of the most restrictive states when it comes to voting, period. so really what this means is that whereas the state couldn't even get to 10,000 of these i.d.s out of about a half a million they thought they needed, now there isn't going to be that worry that nearly a half a million people could be disenfranchised. so it's good news for voters of pennsylvania. >> what is the w...