potentially helping the d.o.j. s case, is that a possibility, that that example will help their case? now we have texas and we have got north carolina. we are going to be watching all of these efforts ramp up now that the vra has taken away and what supreme court has done taken away the federal oversight who is doing what in those states. right. unfortunately, i think their tools are limited. right now, the justice department is, first of all, using rhetorical strategies. from a legal perspective, secondly, quite limited now that supreme court has gutted the voting rights act. under section two they are trying to bring a novel legal argument and see it that will at least work. there is also cases that have been brought by the naacp and aclu in north. at this point, all they can do is try. ryan, former secretary of state colin powell got a lot of attention after warning republicans yesterday that voter
faith that the american people could, in fact, to do great things. things as great as what is represented there by the lincoln memorial. and joining us now is someone who always gets me revved up, thinking about the possibilities of american greatness. barbara arou barbara arnewine, with the lawyer s committee for civil rights under the law. barbara, i am so pleased to have you here. because when we think about the great accomplishment that came 50 years ago, the 64 civil rights act, the 65 voting rights act. two years there this moment, what do we need to see, legislatively, in order to be able to say that we are truly moving forward? well, the most important things that we need to see, one is the restoration of the voting rights act. and that is absolutely imperative. and every america who s watching today should be on the phone, calling their congress. they should be tweeting. they should be demanding that congress passes a new voting
can t restore the full force of thing of the vote rights act, no, you can t raise the minimum wage, not with this congress, we say, yes, we can, because, yes, we have, again and again. so let us claim some victories right now let us say yes, we will pass trayvon s law from coast to coast. let us say, yes, we will protect the right to vote with all our might until we win the fight finally once and for all. and let us say, yes, we will raise the minimum wage because you cannot survive on $7.25! yes, we will! yes, we will! yes, we will!
people. it s a tragedy that in our country that millions of people are unemployed. millions of people are unemployed, all jrgenders. we ve got to change that around. let me ask you on the first one. you ve laid out voting and incarceration reform and economics. on the first one, how confident are you that we can get a new federal formula that will reinvigorate section five by addressing the formula, section four, which was struck down by the supreme court? i am confident that if the american people rise up, if they demand a voting rights act that we ll get one. i think that 200,000 or so, look at the hundreds of thousands of people, the tens of thousands that are here today, if everybody said, i m marching, in my own way, i might be at home today, but i m going to march, because i m going to demand that my congressperson, my senator pass a new voting rights act. if they hear you, they ll pass
intend to determine outcome of re-election. we see the manifestation going flort now. wherever there is this need, let the federal government be protected by right to vote, not states. i want to finish where we started. you were 23 about that when the vote rights act was signed into law by lbj. what does this remind you, as you think back. you were 23. i see the ear piece fell out. i m repeat. that does this decision remind you of that time and of this time now. many had dreams to become school board member and council members and all white legislatures.