again. >>> why a justice would classify the simple protected right to vote as racial entitlements behalves meds me. >> texas congresswoman sheila jackson lee, on the visceral reactions to justice antonin scal scalia's comments on the voting rights act. by characterizing it as a racial entitlement, he may have energized voting rights supporters and ramped up their resolve to protect those rights. the audiotapes of wednesday's arguments were released by the court, so the words that caused such an up roar can be paired with the voice. >> this last enactment, not a single vote in the senate against it. and the house is pretty much the same. now, i don't think that's attributable to the fact that it is so much clearer now that we need this. i think it is attributable -- very likely attributable -- to a phenomenon that's called perpetuation of racial entitlement. it's been written about, whenever a society adopts racial entitlements, it is very difficult to get out of them through the normal political processes. >> joining me are two people in the courtroom for the arguments. julie fernandez and da