But in 2013, John Roberts said, no, no, no, this is a stain on the South. We are punishing the South. And things have changed. We don't need to have this preclearance provision anymore. What are the metrics for how [Chief Justice John Roberts] decided things have changed? Because I would assume those metrics are the result of Section five. Yeah. It's so interesting. Is it literally as bad as Section 5 has worked so well? Let's remove Section 5. That's what the late, great Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg said. (08:27–08:36)
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Questions the basis for the Supreme Court's decision to remove Section 5 of the Voting Rights Act.
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