Eric Holder: “Congressional oversight of Justice Department activities is obviously very important, and I will respect Congress' role.”

The fact that it was included in the indictment that was returned in Florida is an indication I think that the Justice Department is confident that it is going to be able to prove that in fact, those documents that he had in his hands were…

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.

I fear is that they will somehow overturn a vast number of cases that have found a way in which to say that affirmative action is appropriate.

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.