from 22, to his view as nine. that s why this decision is so critical. section two gets at the heart of why the voting rights act was necessary in the first place. it seemed more litigation than any other part of the. in ten states, still pending in federal court. joining me now to discuss more, and the importance of this long mark case, is one of the plaintiffs in the alabama case. khadidah stone, she is a chief field and campaign strategist for alabama forward. khadidah, i m just so excited to talk to you. just what was your initial reaction to this ruling? you have been an organizer now and alabama for decades. frankly, at the forefront of this fight. yes, so first i want to say thank you so much symone for having me on here. it s truly an honor. i was actually in the beauty supply store, and i am urgently burst out into tears. i have the feeling of pure joy.
but because the supreme court has ruled, i would hope that she would do what was right. we will be watching that. okay, let s talk about because the reality is there has been a surgical assault, i would like to argue, on the participation, or the political power, if you will, of black voters. then specifically, black elected officials across this country. you all winning this case has ramifications that reach far beyond alabama. what do you think this means for the fight going forward? yeah, so there are other states, especially when we talk about congressional maps. there are about 12 other states who are also suing their state for violating section two of the voting rights act. each one of those states were actually told, until they ruled on this case, that they could not give them a proper answer. until the answer for this case came out. so, i m looking forward to seeing what can happen for the
the federal criminal charges against former president donald trump. as a reminder, donald trump has now been indicted for a second time in less than a year. he is facing seven charges, and 37 federal counts in the classified documents case. and will be arranged on tuesday in miami, florida. and the judge who has been assigned to the case is judge aileen cannon. you should remember her. she s a trump appointed judge who intervened in this very case last year. my legal experts are back with. me anthony coley and paul butler. all right paul, let s talk about the next steps. so tuesday in miami will this look like what we saw in new york earlier this year when donald trump was arraigned on state charges? or will it be slightly different? pretty much like manhattan.
there is no legal reason why she would have to. but of the 26th federal trial judges in the south florida quarter who are eligible to handle this case. she is the worst possible case. it s not only that she got reversed twice in two months by this very conservative 11th circuit. it is why she got reversed. in her opinions, she explicitly said that she was treating trump differently than other targets and search for this. the 11th circuit had to her. that is not how the rule of law worked. we know from the diamond that the facts are not on trump side. his best defense is going to be legal arguments about things like attorney-client privilege, if judge cannon keeps the case, she gets to make those decisions. one more really scary thing, if trump loses this trial, he gets to appeal. if jack smith loses the trial, it is game over.
people that he was talking to. and this just goes to show how deep in probing he went. the fact that he has the sex messages and that there remains to be evidence that we haven t even seen at this point. related to what these folks have told the special counsel. all right, sadie gurman, anthony coley, paul butler, stick around, y all aren t going anywhere, we have a lot to discuss later on. including what to expect on tuesday in court in miami. and this lawyer situation. and then whether judge aileen cannon remember her? will remain the judge in trump s case. we have got that and much much more on donald trump s federal indictment ahead. but up next, we are talking about the other significant story this week. the major and i would say surprising victory for voting rights at the supreme court. one of the plaintiffs in the case joins me next to talk about what it all could mean. but first our bestie is here. my colleague richard lui with all the top news stories. hey, simone, good to