both really shelby county, i would argue and richard who is no liberal would also argue is relied on a madeup doctrine, equal sovereignty which actually has no history. a real lack of respect for history and understanding of history. a lack of history and lack of understanding of context. what that means is that we have a supreme court that is deeply, deeply suspicious of expanding the franchise, efforts to expand the franchise, even with little victory in court, seeing the courts not necessarily the friend of an expanded franchise but the enemy. >> so this great job on obama and the clintons, i'm curious, what are we hearing from hik -- hillary clinton on voting rights. >> one platform that i think everyone ought to embrace because there's really no sort of logical reason to oppose it, universal registration at age 18. if you made that one change, 18-year-old are registered for draft, where it's automatic, you would eliminate the idea of who in the lek -- electorate is to vote, potential for it. i think that's an important platform, i think the clinton campaign understanding that th

shelby county. notes, i'm just going over some of these things. it so split the court that justice stevens read his dissent, it was a scolding dissent from the bench -- sca lding dissent from the bench. justice davis was a republican nominee. he felt very strongly about this, and one of the reasons why it created so much for her, people don't trust it. they see it as a purely political decision. i think it damaged the supreme court. host: one of the other consistencies of the series, is four of the cases we have chosen have to deal with the 14th amendment. is that coincidental? on 14thhe court taken amendment cases more friendly? sen. leahy: is interesting. rs now since the second founding. host: why do you call it that? sen. leahy: well, i think we had the founding, with the initial fathers. those cherries of remembrance came through. that united states became more aware of what they are, and more aware of the fact that slavery was ending and so on, that we had to treat all people the same. know, it took a long time, and in some places in this co

inhe shelby county argument has any legs they whatsoever.ey are going to judge a legislature's interest in terms of the interests that were confronting the legislature when they enacted law. not that they can put it in a e time machine and see that shelby county was going to be reversed. they're take ago very real earac politice. approach to section fe pre-clearance. you can make the argument that they didn't need to underpopulate these districts. that there wouldn't have been retrogression in these districts anyway. but they make the argument or certainly the court below is making the argument.5 look. it's not a case of whether you u actually had to do it to get section five pre-clearance. you needed some cushion, and who knew what the justice department would do with these very dicey issues, which, again, is an dir argument that shaw defendantsicd will often make is that we had a tol preserve the district. you can't hold this to literal compliance with section five, because that requires all kinds of presinces about how a very hostile just

i don't think the shelby county argument has any legs. they will judge a legislatures interest in terms of the interest that would confront the legislature when they enacted the law. not pretent they can be put in a time machine and figure out shelby county would be reversed. the other part i like about paul's argument is they are taking a good approach to section five pre-clearance. you could saw they didn't need the underpopulate to get the section-5 preclearance. you needed cushion and who knew what the justice department would do with these issues which is an argument that would be made. we had to preserve the district and you cannot hold us to literal compliance because it is providing predictions about how the hostile justice department would have reacted. i think it will prevail, but i am not making a prediction. they will be deciding this case at the same time as other cases that are relatively interrelated. >> at the risk of causing our viewers at home to switch to another channel, perhaps whatever is on c-span2 or c-span3 i want

the courts 5-4 ruling in shelby county versus older states and municipalities with a history of racialimination from having to clear changes in voting procedures effectively ending the practice. >> the same day the supreme court striking it down, officials announced the voter i.d. law would be going ahead as plan which brings us to the closing of 31 dmv locations many in the state's historic black belt region. according to kyle whitmire, depending which counties you count as being in the black belt either 12 or 15, black belt counties soon won't have a place to get a license. while the majority are in white counties "every single county in which blacks make up more than 75% of registered voters will see their driver's license office closed." every one. of the ten counties that the went most heavily for obama in the last election all but two counties had their locations closed this past week. the secretary of state said the closures will not leave citizens with without a place to receive the required card to vote. noting all counties have a board of registrars that issue photo i.d. card

shelby, carroll county, most our latest 80 degree reading back on november 13, 1999 when we hit 81. wind out of the south still a little breezy. this time of year, when you get a reading of 80 degrees, it always has to be a windy day. with some showers in central wisconsin, some cloud cover out to the west. tomorrow, we will start the day with sunshine. maybe a few showers but we will be on the warm side of this. eventually this warm front will kick through and dr. temperatures to around normal readings. it comes a few clouds as the day goes along. a slight chance of a shower in the metro east midafternoon. wednesday, we will start with sunshine and see some clouds of the day goes long. temperatures tonight eventually going to cool down. mostly clear skies. a little breezy tomorrow. not a great chance that any precipitation would be light. if we count the days, by thursday we should be at about 23 rain free days. the all-time record is 29. friday, a good chance of showers early, 64 on saturday. more 60's next week. >> adam levine got married. stacey: the heartbreak. next at 10:00 mi

shelby county. notes thate of the i'm going over some of these things. citizens united split the hist just stevens read dissent from the bench. remember justice stevens was a nominee.n he -- president ford dominated him. very strongly about this. one of the reasons was people don't trust it. it as a purely political decision. theink it is damaged supreme court. eightwe have about minutes left. four of cases that we have theen have to deal with 14th amendment. coincidental or has the court taken on cases? senator leahy: that's interesting. 114 years since part of the second founding. why do you call it that? leahy: well, we had the founding fathers. of amendmentsies came through, it is like the united states become more aware more awarey are and of the fact slavery ending and had to treat all people the same. know and i know having said at that time, it look a long, long time. places in the country it is still going on. but it was some of the second founding. theas a second coming of united states. why they picked so many in that really don't know. but i

shelby county. look at some of the notes that i'm going over some of these things. the citizens united split the court just stevens read his dissent from the bench. remember justice stevens was a republican nominee. and he -- president ford dominated him. he felt very very strongly about this. one of the reasons was people don't trust it. they see it as a purely political decision. i think it is damaged the supreme court. host: we have about eight minutes left. four of cases that we have chosen have to deal with the 14th amendment. is that coincidental or has the court taken on cases? senator leahy: that's interesting. 114 years since part of the second founding. host: why do you call it that? senator leahy: well, we had the founding fathers. when those series of amendments came through, it is like the united states become more aware of what they are and more aware of the fact slavery ending and so on that we had to treat all people the same. now you know and i know having said at that time, it look a long long time. some places in the country it is still going on.

and and as we head into our 2nd election season since shelby county were sold, this committee has done very little, could do a lot more to restore the enforcement mechanisms of the voting rights act. we have done little to advance comprehensive immigration reform. and even though proposals remain overwhelmingly popular and would probably easily pass the house, we have got to start acting, and so 11 million men and women are waiting to come out of the shadows and contribute to our economy and communities, and at this pace, i fearpace, i fear that they will have to wait even longer, and although the scourge of gun violence has touched every one of our districts, including yours, mr. chairman, we have all but ignored calls to strengthen background checks and close the gun show loophole. while these would save lives, all are consistent with our constitutional rights, and the list of missed opportunities as long , and our time is short. we should not spend one more minute or one more taxpayer dollars vilifying planned parenthood without a speck of evidence to back these claims. this committ

shelby county versus holder which struck down a vital part of the voting rights act. the hodges case, same-sex marriage guaranteed under equal protection. these are important parts of our history. and the historical point alone, how valuable for our kids to be able to watch the arguments in a case like brown versus board of education, it's historical context. unfortunately due to antiquated practices and policies we have no video record of these historic decisions. in 2015, with so much new and innovative technology at our fingertips, it's time we use every tool available to preserve america's judicial history. i was proud to introduce cameras in the courtroom act with representative connolly. proud to be one of the authors of the comprehensive transparency in government account which includes provisions requiring the supreme court to provide video and live stream audio of its proceedings. today i'm happy to introduce with representative nadler the eyes of the courts act which requires cameras be permitted at all federal appellate courts. the time when decisions in th

and as we head into our second election season since shelby county versus holder, this committee has done very little, could do a lot more to restore the enforcement mechanisms of the voting rights act. they've done little to advance comprehensive immigration or reform. even though it remains overwh m overwhelmingly popular and would probably easily pass the house, we've got to start acting. and so 11 million men and women are waiting to come out of the shadows and contribute to our economy and communities. and at this pace, i fear they will have to wait even longer. and although the scourge of gun violence has touched every one of our districts, including yours, mr. chairman, we've all but ignored calls to strengthen background checks and close the gun show loophole. all of these solutions would save lives, all are within our constitutional rights, and the left of missed opportunities is long and our time is short. we should not spend one more minute or one more taxpayer dollar vilifying planned parenthood without a speck of evidence to back these claims. this committee has too much

mcdonald versus the city of chicago that struck down the handgun ban and the citizens united for the shelby county versus holden that struck down a vital part of the voting rights act, king versus burwell and the case of same-sex marriage guaranteed under equal protection are important parts of our history into his oracle point. how accountable it is to be able to watch the arguments in the case like brown v. board of education into historical context. unfortunately due to the antiquated practices and policies we have no video record of these historical decisions. in 2015 if so much new innovative technology at our fingertips at this time we use every tool available to preserve america's judicial history. i was proud to introduce cameras in the courtroom act with representative connolly and being part of one of the office of the country as a transparency government act which includes provisions requiring the supreme court to provide video and live stream audio in its proceedings. i'm also happy to introduce with the representative the eyes of the courts act that requires cameras be permitted in al