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of morality. televangelist pat robertson, famous for blaming gay people for 9/11, and black people for hurricanes, is dead. but his legacy of shattering the lines between church and state lives on in the quixotic presidential candidacy of mike pence. also tonight, i want to tell you about an under the radar supreme court case that could affect where special counsel jack smith brings criminal charges. as we await the possible indictment of donald trump. and surprise, chief justice john roberts and justice brett kavanaugh come to the defense of voting rights in an important victory for voters in alabama. so what happens now for all the other efforts to redraw maps to marginalize voters of color? but we begin tonight with the supreme court. there was a surprising decision today reaffirming the landmark voting rights act, and we re going to get to that a bit later. but i want to start with a lesser known case that is still awaiting a ruling by the highest court in t ....
Unquote. the case was argued just a few months ago in front of the supreme court, with the question at hand being, does the government have the right to try a case for a second time in another court if they get the venue wrong the first time around? it s an interesting case all on its own, right? but it s also one that potentially impacts the special counsel s investigation of donald trump s mishandling of classified documents. for months now we have reported on a d.c. grand jury hearing evidence and witness testimony regarding this case before going quiet these last few weeks. and just this week, we not only learned that a second grand jury has begun meeting in florida regarding this case, but that according to the washington post, the special counsel is planning to bring a significant portion of any charges in a federal court in southern florida. just like in real estate, this comes down to location, location, location. without knowing how the supreme court will rule in the smith c ....
They got one. this actually could impact other states. louisiana, same thing. you have the south is where half of african americans live. and yet in all of these states, they get one member of congress. they put all the blacks in there, south carolina, all these states, you get one. and they split up the rest, which is completely you know, what i do wonder. this could result into up to eight more members of congress who are african american. i will note this supreme court let that map lie in 2022, along with the illegal florida map. they engineered republican outcomes even as they re supposedly fixing. you saw what they did there, huh? because what happened is this map was sued before the midterms. and the lower court said this map is clearly racist, before the midterms. it went up to the supreme court, and by a vote of 5-4, roberts also saying this was a bad decision, brett kavanaugh was the swing vote, and he allowed alabama to use its racist maps for the last election, which hel ....
Maya wiley. i m going to come to the table to you first. i think we share a similar view that this might have been a face-saving ruling. what is your view of why it went this way and why the two justices went with the liberals? first, to be clear, i m shocked. john roberts has been an enemy of black people voting rights for his entire career. this supreme court has either rejected or whittled down the voting rights act at every opportunity it s had since roberts came on the court until today. jaw off the floor, okay, pretty shocking. why? well, let s go back to clarence thomas s dissent. he s talking about a race neutral benchmark. how do you set up a race neutral benchmark? alabama said use these computers. this is what it is, and john roberts hates computers like john conner hates computers in the terminator series. i always thought john roberts ....
Liability? not a valid defense, you. it is the information, not the paper it s printed on. i would add quickly, when i was at the justice department, you weren t allowed to have cell phones in these scifs, so cell phones shouldn t have been anywhere near these classified documents. yeah, the idea is well, you know, i didn t do anything wrong. it s just a copy of a classified document about iran s nuclear secrets. no biggy. barbara, hugo, and our new family member, anthony coley, welcome and thank you. check out anthony s op-ed laying out the extend of donald trump s legal jeopardy on msnbc.com. up next, an unexpected ruling from the supreme court has saved the voting rights act. the landmark voting rights act, at least for now, but the damage has already been done. i ll explain when the reidout continues after this. ....