president obama named loretta lynch. and in that time the republican-controlled senate has introduced new baffling puzzle pieces that don t seem to fit at all. there is the justice for victims of human trafficking act piece into which republicans shoved anti-abortion language which angered democrats and has the whole senate stalled. a worthy debate perhaps but why is it part of the a.g. confirmation? and before there was the abortion and human trafficking piece, there was the immigration and executive action piece. during her confirmation hearings lynch affirmed that president obama s executive action which offered temporary legal status to millions of up documented immigrants was legal. that really irritated republicans. but this is a confirmation for president obama s a.g. chances are any candidate is going to support this action. so again, why is this piece part of this puzzle? in the meantime, and this is the part that makes it so puzzling. guess who gets to remain attorney general
it is those votes that came under attack by both the supreme court and the state legislators in recent years, and it is those votes that in a speech in long beach, new york last year lynch made clear that she has no patience for suppressing. but i m proud to tell you that the department of justice has looked at these laws and looked at what s happening in the deep south and in my home state of north carolina has brought lawsuits against those voting rights changes that seek to limit our ability to stand up and exercise our rights as citizens. home state of north carolina. because you see both of north carolina s senators have said that when and if they are given a chance to vote on her, they will oppose lynch s confirmation. senator thom tillis released a statement that read in part by all indications ms. lynch would continue to pursue the costly and frivolous lawsuit against the state of north carolina to overturn a common sense and constitutionally sound voter
i.d. law. i will not be voting to confirm ms. lynch. well now maybe we have a clue. this delay doesn t make any sense if you think it s about making the self-interested choice of replacing eric holder with loretta lynch. but it does make sense if this puzzle is actually about president obama and a process congressional scholars call the new nullification where congress blocks nomination because there is political opposition to the laws that their positions helped to enforce. in other words, if you can t beat the president in an election you can use the new nullification to block the people that would enact the policies that he was elected to implement. joining me is wade henderson, president and ceo of the leadership conference on civil rights. wade what is going on? you have described the perfect rubic s cube of toxic