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Al Green: “The Justice Department is going to lose ground if the…”

Featuring: Al Green, Democratic | U.S. House Texas, 9th Congressional District

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Rep. Green's Press Conference Regarding SCOTUS' Decision on Texas' Gerrymandered Redistricting Map

Published | Video Starts at 15:13

If they succeed in overturning. This law that we've had by and through the Justice Department's implementation of Section 2, and Justice Department did a good job for a long time, but The Justice Department is going to lose ground if the Supreme Court concludes that Section 2 is now no longer effective, unconstitutional. And if that's done, it will make it very difficult for us to prove that racial designs are being used. It will make it almost impossible to prove, but it doesn't mean that we won't try. (15:13–15:24)

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Asserts that the Justice Department will lose ground if Section 2 is deemed unconstitutional.

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