The measures that are before the Senate, the John Lewis Advancement -- Voting Rights Advancement bill, the Freedom to Vote Act, which is authored by Senator Manchin are both really good pieces of legislation that deserve a vote, that deserves support, that deserve to be put into place.
Holder advocates for specific voting rights legislation currently before the Senate.
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It's a pretty breathtaking thing what Republicans are trying to do in North Carolina.
In this moment, steps must be taken to respond to the authoritarian measures being considered in certain states and now so brazenly taken in Texas.
It is going to have an impact in making sure that the election in 2024 will have the state legislature appropriately circumscribed with a decision going the other way, I'd be very concerned that state legislators might use the power that…
This is a slam dunk. I mean, this is not -- this should not be a difficult case to resolve. This is a classic Section 2 violation of the Voting Rights Act of 1965, the crown jewel of the civil rights movement.
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