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Kamala Harris: “They're about to make a decision on Section 2 of the Voting…”

Featuring: Kamala Harris, Democrat | Former Vice President of the United States | National

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Okay, so that was right. They have been doing the work through for years of building a Supreme Court that is configured as we now have it. And They're about to make a decision on Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act. And I am sad to say, I do believe they are going to kill it. And that will mean that the legal tool that we have to be able to litigate in a court what are clearly racist influenced laws to prevent certain people from voting, we're going to lose the tool that we have had before. (34:22–34:33)

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Asserts belief that the Supreme Court will eliminate Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act.

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