of americans dislike it, and they think it is unconstitutional. and the court is not striking down something that is strongly embraced by americans. the court will be on the side of the americans and rule with the states. mike: you have a front row seat. we ll keep greg abbott. his state is in the city of the voters id controversy and i want to talk about that. and so he will be here to do that right after this.
attorney general greg abbott from texas. we ll get to voters id. the issue of a voters id. texas passed a law that would show a video id to vote. federal department stomped on you and said no. what is the status of that and why do they object to the texas law? guest: it is stunning, just four years ago united states department of justice was in favor of voters id laws and filed a brief pending before the united states supreme court saying that voters id laws were perfectly constitutional . now the department of justice is against the photoid law in the state of the texas. eric holder said texas hasn t shown justification. i have 50 convictions for voters fraud and some voting for dead people and twice in an election. mike: that s highway i got
first. it is unpopular and majority of americans dislike it, and they think it is unconstitutional. and the court is not striking down something that is strongly embraced by americans. the court will be on the side of the americans and rule with the states. mike: you have a front row seat. we ll keep greg abbott. his state is in the city of the voters id controversy and i want to talk about that. and so he will be here to do that right after this.
from texas. we ll get to voters id. the issue of a voters id. texas passed a law that would show a video id to vote. federal department stomped on you and said no. what is the status of that and why do they object to the texas law? guest: it is stunning, just four years ago united states department of justice was in favor of voters id laws and filed a brief pending before the united states supreme court saying that voters id laws were perfectly constitutional . now the department of justice is against the photoid law in the state of the texas. eric holder said texas hasn t shown justification. i have 50 convictions for voters fraud and some voting for dead people and twice in an election. mike: that s highway i got
one last thing you brought up first. it is unpopular and majority of americans dislike it, and they think it is unconstitutional. and the court is not striking down something that is strongly embraced by americans. the court will be on the side of the americans and rule with the states. mike: you have a front row seat. we ll keep greg abbott. his state is in the city of the voters id controversy and i want to talk about that. and so he will be here to do that right after this.