Distinction. Well, it was certainly a purpose that went into the majority district but it was not the predominant motive. I understand that. Dont you have to use race to comply with section 5 . Thats right. Is there any way to comply with section 5 without using race . There is not. But you dont have to use race in this way, mr. Brasher. Nobody would say that section 5 required you to maintain a 78 district and a 78 district was no longer needed with respect to a groups ability to elect a candidate of choice. I respectfully disagree with that. Once again, we followed the same preclearance strategy that georgia followed in 2005. Congress made a record in 2006 to try to reauthorize section 5. Georgias plan from 2005 which kept all their majority black districts all the same was a good thing. We did the same thing in this redistricting cycle that other states did, we did the same thing that the plaintiffs did when they were in charge of the legislature in 2001. Theres been some inconsiste
For that reason. Well, it was certainly thats a very fine distinction. Well, it was certainly a purpose that went into the majority district but it was not the predominant motive. I understand that. Dont you have to use race to comply with section 5 . Thats right. Is there any way to comply with section 5 without using race . There is not. But you dont have to use race in this way, mr. Brasher. Nobody would say that section 5 required you to maintain a 78 district and a 78 district was no longer needed with respect to a groups ability to elect a candidate of choice. I respectfully disagree with that. Once again, we followed the same preclearance strategy that georgia followed in 2005. Congress made a record in 2006 to try to reauthorize section 5. Georgias plan from 2005 which kept all their majority black districts all the same was a good thing. We did the same thing in this redistricting cycle that other states did, we did the same thing that the plaintiffs did when they were in char
If the Growth Continues otherwise it maybe breaking down. I dont have great faith to predict that. Maybe it is already happening. It isnt going to continue the rapid growth unless it extends to increased in political freedom. [ applause ] thank you very much. Visit the authors website for more information williameasterly. Org. You are watching booktv with top nonfiction books and authors every weekend. Television for serious readers. Here are programs to look out for this weekend on after wards we explore the relationships in all of the president s bankers. Recalling the german offensive among americas east coast in 1924. And former assistant attorney general john yu argues International Law is not effective against nations. Visit us at booktv. Org for the full list of books. Diane jacobs is next on booktv. She recalls the relationship between first Lady Abigail Adams and her sisters. They stayed in contact all of their lives sharing their personal setbacks and achievements. This is ab
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Axelrod good evening. Im jim axelrod. And this is the western edition of the broadcast. Imagine the scene at Police Headquarters in dallas, texas early this morning, just after midnight, a man opened fire from his armored van, shooting up the lobby of Police Headquarters in americas ninth largest city then spraying a stream of bullets at the officers responding to their headquarters coming under attack. What started in front of the dallas p. D. Ended with a snipers bullet in the parking lot of a Fast Food Restaurant. Here is vicente arenas. Reporter it was just past midnight when an armored van pulled up to the dallas Police Headquarters and the driver sprayed the building with gunfire from the and you can weapon. The van rammed the patrol unit and sped away under a barrage of police gunfire. Sped [gunfire] police later discovered the vans driver left four duffel bag bags around the building and f under a police car. Two of the bags had pipe bombs which were later detonated by a robot.