Lynn A. Westmoreland: “Professor Rick Hasen was quoted today saying if Congress goes on and passes the current version, as is, with a 25-year…”

“Professor Rick Hasen was quoted today saying if Congress goes on and passes the current version, as is, with a 25-year extension, there is significant danger that the measure is struck down. Professor Sam Issacharoff was quoted saying: ``To the extent that the coverage of jurisdiction continues to be triggered by what happened in 1964, it puts a great deal of constitutional pressure on the continued vitality of the act.'' Neither of these men are conservatives. Neither of these men support me. These are liberal law professors who are very learned in the election law field that support this amendment. So if you want to talk about somebody stabbing the Voting Rights Act in the heart, or if you want to talk about somebody that is doing this because they do not have any desire to see it continue, you need to talk to these people, these liberal professors who agree with me and support what I have said. Mr. Chairman, I think the one thing that I have learned here today is that section 5, as looked at by the Department of Justice, is not really looked at. The only thing they are is a bunch of checkers. They just check things as they come in to them, rather than looking at these 900 jurisdictions. By the way, if Mr. Norwood's amendment passes, it would be a lot more than the 900 jurisdictions to be looked at, because of problems all across the Nation.…”