was sharp. republican governor rick perry branded holder s move as an end run around the supreme court. he said once again the obama administration is zmen straiting utter contempt for our country s system of checks and balances. and john cornyn accused the white house of bullying his state. part of the long-term strategy of this administration is to try to turn texas blue. so they re engaging in this kind of bogus political activity to try to raise concerns with regard to things like minority voting that simply aren t supported by the evidence. and i think this is to create a false impression that somehow mine north rights are not being protected, which they are. reporter: ted cruz was also critical accusing ted holder of politicizing the justice department saying holder s
refusal to accept the judgment of the u.s. supreme court court regarding prescleerns continues the department s long standing pattern of refusing to follow the law. promising legal action saying this is the same justice department that criminaliz criminalizes -for his part holder promises even more actions on other issues in other states. as a follow-up to eric s record, there s plenty of backlash for the department s decision to go after texas. so is the move about protecting civil rights? is it politics or is it in some way both? radio show host mark r radio they re not getting rid of the voting rights act, but
mo mostly southern states, eric holder did the opposite. he announced that the justice department is targeting texas trying to force the state to get federal approval for any change in its voting laws over the next decade. holder spoke at the national urban league convention in philadelphia. it s the role of the justice department to monitor jurisdictions around the country for changing that may hamper these voting rights. just hours after the supreme court ruling, texas became the first state to react, by immediately implementing its new voter id law. but holder cited another court decision that found that congressional redistricting plan redistricted against latino vot voters. this is what the court said, the parties provided more evidence of discriminatory intent than we have space or need to address here. this is a federal court that said that. reporter: in texas reaction