rights act. he also made clear that he will not support abolishing the filibuster. the senator appeared on fox news to explain his objection to the for the people act. i think it s the wrong piece of legislation to bring our country together. they re not supporting that because i think it would devise further. so what s the difference between the two bills? we ll take a look. we ve broken down into some bullet points for you. for the people act is pretty wide ranging. it would ban partition gerrymandering and standardized voting procedures across the country. the john lewis voting rights act is more narrowly focused. it will require states with a history of racial discrimination to get permission or preclearance before they change their election laws. if it came down to filibuster, 60 senators would have to agree on holding a final vote. south carolina congressman reacted to senator manchin s position this morning. i don t know if i m smarter than what i m smart to know the
this morning joe manchin made news on election reform that could mean the end of an voting rights bill. senator manchin wrote that he ll vote against the for the people act. however, he added that he does support the john lewis voting rights act. he also made clear he ll not support abolishing the filibuster. the senator appeared on fox news to explain his objection to the for the people act. i think it s wrong piece of legislation to bring our country together. i think it would divide us further. what is the difference? take a look. we broke it down into bullet points for you. the for the people act is pretty wide-ranging. it would ban partisan jerry mandering and standardize voting procedures across the country. the john lewis voting rights act is more narrowly focused. it would require states with a history of racial discrimination to get permission or preclearance before they change their election laws.
whether students can be punished for things they say on social media off campus. there s a question about the rules for deciding when states violate voting rights laws when they change voting procedures. that s an important one for trying to decide the court challenges to all the changes that are being made to voting laws around the country. the question of whether there s a religious freedom exception to antidiscrimination laws. this is a case that comes from philly. catholic social services won t provide foster children to same-sex parents. there s a question of whether the ncaa can block schools from providing academic related benefits to student athletes. this is a precursor to whether student athletes can be paid. we are waiting for all those cases before the end of the month, craig. justice correspondent pete williams with a preview. thanks, as always. this morning, authorities in south florida are launching an
happen. voting is the bed rock of our democracy. and open, fair, secured voting. we used to go around the world and show and explain and observe of voting procedures in a democracy and now if we can t practice what we preach and we re going to basically do an overhaul, an 800 page overhaul of the voting rights or what we call for the people act, i think there s a lot of great thing i agree in that piece of legislation but there s an awful lot of things that basically don t pertain directly to voting. so the voting rights act chris: let me just sure. chris: just to put a button on this. you will vote against that bill if it gets to the senate floor? i think it s the wrong piece of legislation to bring our country together and unite our country and i m not supporting that because i think it would divide us further. i don t want to be in a country that s divided any further than i m in right now. i love my country. i think my democrat and republican colleagues feel the same. if we
agree with. watch. voting is a bedrock of a democracy. an open, fair, secured voting. we used to go around the world and explain and show and observe voting procedures in a democracy. does a lot of great things that i agree within that piece of legislation but there s an awful lot of things that don t pertain directly to voting. trace: let s bring in our panel, matt gorman and fox news contributor leslie marshall. welcome to you both. this is kamala harris is niece mina harris re-tweeting to mel hill who said, this is so on brand for this country. a record number of black voters show up to save this democracy only for it to be upheld by cowardly power-hungry white dude. why is it that when the far left disagrees with things it s written off as disinformation or it s something that s harmful to people of color?