The need for it is still there.
Eric Holder: “The need for it is still there.”
Editor's note · Context
Holder emphasizes the ongoing necessity of Section 5 of the Voting Rights Act.
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Not on my watch would we see a retrenchment, to go back to the America that existed before the great work that Ambassador Young and all those great heroes, heroines did before me,’’
It's a pretty breathtaking thing what Republicans are trying to do in North Carolina.
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.





