Eric Holder actually said...

Now, before 2013, Section 5, relying on Section 4, had helped prevent discriminatory voting laws from taking effect.

Holder discusses the protective role of Section 5 of the Voting Rights Act before its amendment.

06/23/2021

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It is not off the cuff. It is not off the cuff.

the primary purpose of the background check system is to make sure that people who should not have guns do not get them.

The use of lethal force--and I am saying drones, guns, or whatever else--would not be appropriate in that circumstance.

DOMA was one of those. We thought there was not a reasonable basis to defend the statute applying that heightened scrutiny standard.