the only thing that changed was the majority on the court. i m joined now by janine nelson, president and director counsel of the legal defense fine. janai, what is disturbing to so many people is the realization that our courts now are basically just extensions of our politics, that when the conservative court is in place they re just gonna give you a pro republican outcomes and the reverse happens, but i don t think the liberal court seemed to do it as egregiously. is that where we are at now? where there is a conservative set of justice we re just gonna get republican outcomes? you know, i can t speak to whether it s democratic republican but what i can say as you pointed out, the only difference between the decision that the north carolina supreme court made just several months ago in the decision it made today is the composition of the court and the extremist conservative supermajority that has taken hold. it is such a dangerous
experience of black americans. the new plan also eliminates black lives matter at a required subject. arguably one of the most significant and pivotal movements in recent history. it does add black conservatism. since releasing the revised curriculum, the college board has received intense backlash. in a new york times op-ed, janai nelson, the president and director counsel of the naacp legal defense fund warn that censoring african american studies may, quote, so the racial divisions which enable white supremacy. quote, the losses to our nation if this broad attack to our shared history is allowed to continue our incalculable. not only will it breathe a generation of americans indoctrinated by ignorance, it will deny them the analytical skills to understand the complex history of this experiment of democracy, as well as the historic grounding to sustain it. thhold that thought about the analytical skills, i want to talk about that in a moment. the far-right s relentless ski fearmonger
georgia. of course, the race was still very much an issue at the forefront of this election, between two black men in the south. she s the president and director counsel legal defense fund, and she joins me now. it s great to have you. good to be back. first, your
map argued that it is diluting their boating powered by creating a supermajority in that one district, spreading black voters out across the other six. but if the justices side with the state of alabama, that section two of the voting rights act should not require the state to consider race when drawing its congressional map, well then that would further erode the protections that the b r a is supposed to be providing to historically and represented voters. joining us now is janai nelson, president and director counsel of the angelo acp defense fun. she was president for oral arguments at the supreme court this morning. thank you so much for joining us. thanks for having me. i think a lot of folks are very worried about what is going to happen here, given the courts track record. you were in the room, how did you read some of the comments of the conservative justices that seem to be somewhat skeptical of the case that the state of alabama was making here?
solve the problem around voter disenfranchisement in this country and seem to be making more problems as time goes on. janai nelson, president and director-counsel of the naacp legal defense fund, thank you for making time to join us tonight. absolutely, thank you. one more story before we go, as ukrainian forces take back their land from russia, an exasperated vladimir putin has threatened to use nuclear weapons. how people in kyiv are reacting and preparing, coming up next. stay with us! to become dangerous. tide pods child-guard pack helps keep your laundry pacs in a safe place and your child safer. to close, twist until it clicks. tide pods child-guard packaging. new astepro allergy. no allergy spray is faster. twist until it clicks. with the speed of astepro, almost nothing can slow you down. because astepro starts working in 30 minutes, while other allergy sprays take hours.