manchin vote is whether he will temporarily suspend the filibuster to pass for the people act. that s the most important thing in front of us, and there s grounds for being skeptical that he s going to do that. in which case, we re in trouble. it s critical at the very least, the democrats figure out a way to take the power away from republican legislators who said we re going to take the power away from the people who count the votes, and we can decide what votes we want to count or not. that is not what the constitution when they wanted that is the existential threat. not suspending the rules they had in place during covid and going back to what the rules were. that is, by the way, that is up to the states. we can find it contemptible. but there are things that need to be focussed on. ly say the only thing about the kagen piece which i loved. i think it s important that your piece and kagen s piece gets written, is, i would be far more alarmed if it were not for the
filibuster so we can save our democracy. put the democracy over the filibuster, please. before we go, i want to do a quick slow of hands. raise your hands if you think mitch mcconnell would nuke the filibuster in four seconds if he had the opposite situation. in four seconds. we would have done it before we get to commercial. up next, the supreme court shadow docket giving victory to the far right in the dead of night. justice kagen calling the action impossible to defend. hospitals are having to deal with unvaccinated people getting sick from the quack remedy suggested online. i m going to expose the fallacy of the republican core message the voters. don t miss that. e the voters don t miss that. anything to drink?
end partisan political gerrymandering. last month, republicans opposed even debating, even considering for the people act. senate democrats stood united to protect our democracy and the sanctity of the vote. we must pass the for the people act. it s national imperative. we must also fight for the john lewis fighting rights advancement act to restore [ applause ] to restore and expand voting protection. to prevent voter suppression. all the congresswomen and men here, there s a bunch of you. you knew john, many of you. just weeks ago, supreme court, yet again, weakened the voting rights act and upheld what justice kagen called a
like that? so doj tried to plead their case in an interesting way. they tried to avoid a potentially adverse ruling in the case decided today by depending on discriminatory intent. so another path to getting a law thrown out if you can prove discriminatory intent. even that justice alito made it harder to bring that claim saying you really can t rely on what one or two legislators would have thought. and if it s partisan motivation which may overlap with racial motivation, that s probably not enough either. interesting. let me finally get your take on what justice kagen wrote in dissent tonight. quote, this court has no right to remake section 2. and so the need for a potential section 2 is gone or a potent section 2 has come and gone but congress gets to make that call. explain what congress can do now