Eric Holder: “I can't think of a statute that my Department of Justice, should I be confirmed, would be more proud to stand behind.”

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.

The Independent State Legislature Doctrine says that Courts should not have any role in the redistricting determination. It's an affront to our notion of checks and balances.

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's a question of whether or not it was, you know, malfeasance as opposed to negligence.