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january six committee. and i just think it's a risk. because what if he loses? what is he supposed to say? the supreme court are bunch of traders? these are the people he appointed. >> of course, [laughs] , of course that's exactly what you do. john, listen, tara really just said how i feel. is it because it's such a small carve out here, right? is it -- our he and his attorneys pointing to this one little thing that they could win, so they at least can say that they have a win, even though it is -- it seems incremental, or, you know, it does not really matter that much? you get my p...

circuit didn't have the jurisdiction to act when it did. and now they want the supreme court to step in. notably, this request from trump's team goes directly to justice clarence thomas. but that is actually because he oversees all petitions that come in from the 11th circuit. it is likely here that justice thomas will refer this to the full court to decide this issue. but anderson, we have seen trump appeal to the supreme court several times in the next few years, with little success. it was just earlier this year that the justices allowed the january 6th select committee to gain ac...

Clean and out. they have a very strong backing of at least three person panel at this point. >> john dean, david urban, -- thank you so much. the supreme court -- he section of the voting rights act. the case concerned how alabama re-drew its congressional map. -- deluded the power of black voters in the state. but recall in 2013 invalidated another section of the law and shelby county, alabama. eric holder, who was attorney general at the time, joins us now. he's the author of our unfinished march: the violent past, an imperiled future of the vote, a history, a crisis, a plan. thank you for b...

Solicitor general. what is alabama asking the high court? for sure and you think they'll get what they want? >> it's not totally clear to me what they're asking for. i suppose what they're trying to do is get the voting rights act interpreted and such a way that what they did, which is inconsistent with long-standing precedent, that what they did is somehow not violated of the -- [inaudible] >> i'm afraid we lost the connection with former attorney general eric holder. we'll continue to try to get in touch with him. we'll try to actually get in touch with them now, and will try to get back, ta...

Well eric holder is about to say thank you and good-bye. >> a couple of business items. now, my portrait hangs on the fifth floor of the justice department. something that has not been mentioned but that i really kind of press eded on the artist of the portrait my kids' names are hidden in the portrait. if you look on the button of my jacket and on the wings of the eagle, you'll find the three of them. that's what i want to have come out about this portrait. find the names of the holder children. the other thing lee loft has asked know check to make sure you all know that you're on annual leav...