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Jon Stewart: “The section that [Chief Justice Roberts] took out was…”

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Sherrilyn Ifill - What Happened to the Voting Rights Act? | The Daily Show

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It's Section two, it's nationwide. And then he had that in his. He said that in 2013. You're okay, you're okay. Cuz you've still got section two. The section that [Chief Justice Roberts] took out was section five. Yes. And then last week they took section two and did he then go, look, section one, you're still okay. No, he did not. No, he did not. So what is. (00:59–01:02)

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Asserts that Chief Justice Roberts removed section five of the Voting Rights Act.

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