decreasing lay because of the weakening of that key statute from 1965. it s why you have seen a lot of states referred to their own constitutions where the federal law has in doubt now. recently, as in just a few days ago, there was a case rising out of alabama which has over a quarter of its population african american. and of the numerous congressional districts, there s only one congressional district which was majority black, and that was deliberately meant to reduce the electoral power of the black comedian immunity in that state, and even justice roberts, who is the author of that 2013 shelby decision which shot down the heart of the voting rights act. even he s at the dissent, he s lost control of the right-wing majority of the supreme court. that s why folks like myself have called for other courses of action, including adding seats to the supreme court to save our alien democracy. i m glad you brought up
and of the numerous congressional districts, they only drew one congressional district which was majority black, and that was deliberately meant to reduce the electoral power of the black community in that state, and even justice roberts, who is the author of that 2013 shelby decision which shot down the heart of the voting rights act. even he s at the dissent, he s lost control of the right-wing majority of the supreme court. that s why folks like myself have called for other courses of action, including adding seats to the supreme court to save our alien democracy. i m glad you brought up alabama. 27. 8% of the population of alabama is black. 14% of the districts, congressional districts, have a majority of black population. that should tell you everything you need to know. congressman, good to see you again, thanks for joining us tonight. just ahead, we have new reporting on the documents of donald trump took home from the white house, it turns out that some of them were top secre
who under that president have had their electoral power diminished in violation of a law this court once knew to buttress all of american democracy. now if you need any indication of just how radical this decision is, chief justice john roberts, whose legal career has been devoted to dismantling the voting rights act, finally just gutting it outright in 2013 s shelby decision, he sided with the liberals, accusing his fellow partisans on the court of going too far. in the meantime, litigation will continue. the plaintiff evan milligan said in a statement yes reminded of the strength and digsy displayed by our ancestors who routinely confronted a wide variety of disappointments. we won t dishonor their legacy by putting down the torch they have handed to us. joining me now is elie mystal, joyce vance, former u.s. attorney and co-host of the sisters in law podcast. and senior director of professional development for the
is going forward to have the justice department focus on some of the states that have been enacting discriminatory laws. where this goes, we know senator murkowski has publicly voiced we support in the john does bill. so we have at least one republican who was interested in this. bill there might be more so we will take with the houses given, us the work they have done at getting some of the requirements put up by the supreme court after the shelby decision, and we will go from there. senator murkowski has also said, as the only senator republican senator who is one able to say something positive about this,. she said that she could not imagine any other republicans joining her. that means never getting to 60. this kind of legislation normally requires the clearing of that 60 vote threshold. senator manchin seems to have suggested at various times that he might be open to some kind
adaptive. we have been able to demonstrate in a number of wayways, includi reports that the leadership conference of 13 states demonstrated that discrimination in voting continues to exist and the aftermath of the shelby decision. what we believe is that members of the senate when confronted with this evidence will have little choice but to support the bill in part because of a commitment to voter integrity for all. voter fraud exists before they adopt flu statues at the state level to prohibit them.