about rampant voter fraud have been false all along according to a study conducted by the brennan center for justice in new york many of the claims of voter fraud amounted to a great deal of smoke without much fire most allegations of fraud turned out to be baseless and that of the few allegations remaining most trivial election real irregularities in other forms of election misconduct rather than fraud by individual voters the type of individual voter fraud supposedly targeted by recent legislative efforts especially efforts to require certain forms of voter id simply does not exist millions of taxpayer dollars have been and will continue to be spent on these vote republican voter suppression schemes unless we bring an end to them it's time to finally put this right wing wide of bed and ensure that every american who has the ability to vote is able to do so and that's the way it is that i thursday march fourteenth two thousand and thirteen your it. r d she is a freedom fighter. and. you're ready to clean up a new story. and bring you liberty and he took. salute three. not. like to be treated this w

bush administration and here's the facts the voter suppression idea was for example the brennan center for justice found that twenty five percent of african-americans ninety percent of latinos only eight percent of whites have lack rather the i.d.'s a serious survey are to do to be to vote a survey done election day by the a.f.l.-cio found that it was after americans and hispanics who waited in long lines not whites is this not voter suppression on its face what's the deal here the voting rights act has absolutely nothing to do with voter id laws i don't even know why you bring in the i think it should be generalized to all the states i think the voter id laws are a form of voter suppression and they should come out and well let's talk about the voter id laws south carolina and georgia both currently have voter id laws they've had them for some years they are also covered by section five of the voter rights act which says that you cannot pass laws that affect voting without getting them cleared through g.o.g. or whatever or they're not enforceable those laws he cleared by d.o.j. they were enforcea

disproportionately affect minority voters making it more difficult for them to vote as the brennan center for justice found twenty five percent of blacks in one thousand percent a latino's lack of proper identification of vote under these laws only eight percent of whites do or how about this survey done on election day by the a.f.l.-cio finding that blacks and hispanics waited in longer lines to vote in far greater percentages than white voters so the reality is even though it's not as overt as it was in the one nine hundred sixty s. when the voting rights act was passed racism is still very much alive and well and it's not just alive in the south it's alive all across the nation from pennsylvania to michigan to florida so what the hell of the conservatives on the court thinking let's ask my pac and have an tonio attorney and host of ring of fire radio and t.v. mike welcome tom our to just great great to have you with us. should scalia just start wearing his way. to the court. it wouldn't surprise anybody i thought what was so interesting about scalia's whole attack it was an attack on minorities i

a right that, according to the brennan center for justice, was in jeopardy for more than 5 million americansstates inattended to path a rath of voter i.d. laws and restrictions. many of which were struck down by the court thanks in no small part to the voting rights act. here to discuss is msnbc chris hayes, host of "up with chris hayes" for america's favorite segment "up now." >> hi, alex. >> hi, chris. let's talk about the roberts court. we have been looking, i mean, there has been a lot going on there. the handgun laws, citizen united and a lot on deck, affirm tativ action and race is going to be a huge discussion. >> huge discussion when particularly fisher, which is the affirmative action case before the court and the holding rights act. we should be very clear, striking down the voting rights act would be one of the most jaw dropping acts of, you know, judicial activism that we've seen and probably go down in history, no question. one thing is the context of the racial jurisprudence of this court and jeffrey tubin has a great column saying he wants his legacy to be declaring an end to

the bush administration and here's the facts voter suppression id laws for example the brennan center for justice found that twenty five percent of african-americans ninety percent of latinos only eight percent of whites have lack rather the idea necessary to survey or to do to be to vote a survey done election day by the a.f.l.-cio found that it was after americans and hispanics who waited in long lines not whites is this not voter suppression on its face what's the deal here the voting rights act has absolutely nothing to do with voter id laws i don't even know why you bring in the i think it should be generalized to all the states i think the voter id laws are for voter suppression and they should come out and well let's talk about the voter id laws south carolina and georgia both currently have voter id laws they've had them for some years they are also covered by section five of the voter rights act which says that you cannot pass laws that affect voting without getting them cleared through g.o.g. whatever or they're not enforceable those laws are cleared by d.o.j. they were enforceable he c

center for social justice. and laura murray, director of the aclu director's office in washington. good to have you here. on thursday, the senate voted 63-34 to confirm john brennans the director of the cia. it came from a 13-hour talking session of rand paul. and eric holder asked about the administration's views about quote, the president has power to authorize lethal force such as a drone strike and without trial. holder responded saying, it is possible, i suppose, to imagine an extraordinary circumstance in which it would be necessary and appropriate under the constitution and applicable laws of the united states for the president to authorize the militia tar to use lethal force within the territory of the united states. holder's response seems to crystallize, the worst fears of many of the administration's targeted killing policy. and the broad assertion of presidential power that undergirds. paul seized on that wednesday summarizing his exchange withholder on the floor. >> when i asked the president, you can kill an american on american soil, it should have been an easy answer. it's an easy question. it should have been a resounding and unequivocal no. the