senator sessions doesn't need to look any further than his home state to find evidence of discrimination because shelby county, alabama, which brought this challenge to the supreme court, was guilty of a section 5 violation as recently as 2008. so, this is very much -- >> can you -- explain for me, what was going on in shelby county that -- >> so, there was a city in shelby county, passed redistricting plan that eliminated the only black city council district. took it from 71% african-american to 29% african-american. he lost that election by a few votes under a map that was not precleared by the justice department. the justice department stepped in, said you need to change this law. you need to get approval for your voting change. they changed the way districts were allocated. that man was subsequently re-elected in the new district so now there is a black city council member. this is the kind of stuff we'll see without section 5. it's not just going to be on a statewide level. there will be all these very important local races that get no national coverage. this is where the biggest impact
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