championship under their coach. on the men s side, the final four set to air tonight as well with north carolina taking on duke first, then villanova versus kansas after that. all right, republican efforts to undermine voting rights are intensifying nationwide, but at least in florida, they may have hit a temporary snag. that is mostly because of one u.s. district judge, mark walker, and a scathing rebuke. walker struck down portions of florida s new election law as unconstitutional. but he also took the unusual step of placing the state under preclearance protection for the next decade, a remedy used only when a judge finds a state history of discriminatory voting laws so egregious, it can no longer be trusted to enact its own. for more on this, i want to bring in jessica levinson, professor at loyola law school and msnbc columnist. we appreciate you joining us on this. that was a pretty powerful rebuke from the judge to say the least. governor ron desantis has