state by state court battles dragging out and potentially dragging under voting rights? >> absolutely. i mean, if the voting rights act does not pass. if they're not able to pass some significant version then it'll be up to the states to really implement the mechanisms for voters and that's very very dangerous. we have so many states. these voter suppression laws like we're in right now in georgia and it's detrimental to the voters. these voter suppression laws were detrimental. they really believed people's right to vote and their draconian and if there is not federal law that's comprehensive then it will definitely set democracy behind and people's right to vote and that would be a travesty. so many people have died for the right to vote and this would be awful. >> and all the questions revolving around how does joe biden get there, senator cinnamon wrote for the washington post tonight.