that is, until shelby county in shelby county. the case came to my court. you know, this this this this section is about interpreting the constitution where i sit on an inferior court. i have a copy of the constitution on my desk, and i use it all the time, but mostly in states with my law clerks and my grandchild. and when i when i have a constitutional case, i'm interpreting supreme court decisions that interpret the constitution. that's that's what i do at my level. all i have to go on is appropriate. what is appropriate? well, you have to read the supreme court's five or six decisions to understand what it is. i did that in shelby county, and i actually thought the case was quite easy. in the 15th amendment. this is what the supreme court has said about about the 15th amendment. what what the court has said is that when congress we added the 15th amendment to the constitution, we dramatically changed the relationship between the federal government and the states. and congress gave the congress new authority over the states to prevent it. no states from

i bought some shoes at the shoe store in shelby county and contributed to shelby county.th got us out of the mud. faith got us unstuck. a woman named faith. it'ske faith to get you unstuck out of people going after you landowners. you'll have to believe in believe in a presidential candidate that's going to stand for your freedom and get your country back financially and end government systems a people baco work again and give them creative jobs before we take them on welfare and we're going to love them and give a republican alternative to socialism and stand for freedom again. but this is what we're going to do. we're going to unite our country because this is missing. the last time we were united, when was it? when i thought about when did we have it? was it when our soldiers came back from world war ii or we put the man on the moon? was it the time ronald reagan said mr. gorbachev at that wall, tear this wall down? was it when after the tragedy of bin ladewasbut now it's been 20f division, 20 years of hatred, 20 years of back and forth. i'm running for the presidency

i broug t shelby county. this is what i'm telling you today. faith got us out of the mud.oman named faith, it will take faith to get you unstuck at of people going after your landowner. you will have to believe in yourself and in the constitution or president and candidate that will stand for your freedom that will get your country back financially. it will end welfare programs and put people back to work. we will give them creative jobs before we put them on welfare. a republican alternative to socialism. we will stand for freedom again. we are going to unite our country because this is what's missing. the last time we were united, when was it? when i thought about winded we have it, was there when our soldiers came back from world war ii, when we put the man on the moon? was at the time when ronald reagan says to him at the berlin wall, tear this wall down? was it when after the tragedy of 9/11 justice was done and bin laden was killed? but now it's been 20 years. 20 years of division, 20 years of hatred and back and forth. i'm running for the presidency of the united st

knowing that, how did you prepare for shelby county?hat was a mountain to climb just going in, right? i would be interested in hearing about that. nobody has to tell you or anybody else the significance of that case. >> yes, definitely, it was the biggest defeat as sg. that was a really important case. we got four votes, but not five. as you said, linda, the prior opinion from the austin case wasn't telegraphed pretty strongly. a decision that actually had seven votes. that is the principle of equal sovereignty of the state was one that made it difficult to justify the decision by congress to reenact section five's formula unchanged. i knew this would be very difficult. trying to figure out where to get five votes. i am oversimplifying a little bit, but i feel like i basically have two options. one, to make it a civil rights case. the other, to make it a separation of powers case. and making it a civil-rights, the briefing, in particular, the argument, a civil-rights argument would have been, for me, personally, at least, more gratifyin

i bought these shoes at the shoe store in shelby county, we contributed to the economy. this is what i'm telling you today. faith got us out of the mud. faith got us unstuck. woman named faith. it's going to take faith to get you unstuck out of people going after your landowners, you have to believe in yourself, believe in the constitution and a presidential candidate who will stand for your freedom, that will get your country back financially, end government systems and welfare programs and put people back to work again, give them creative jobs before we put them on welfare, we are going to love them, give them a public an alternative to socialism, stand for freedom again. this is what we are going to do, unite our country because this is what is missing. the last time we were united, when was it? wind did we have it? when our soldiers came back from world war ii? when we put a man on the moon? when ronald reagan said mr. gorbachev, tear this wall down? was it after the tragedy of 9/11 justice was done and osama bin laden was killed, now it has been 20 years of division

spension of the section five preclearance provision following the shelby county alabama versus holder> enforcement of the ada is a hallmark of our work in theeve'o ensure that people with disabilities have access to jobs , hoing.re also very mindful of the barriers that people face when comes to web access. and so again, through litigation, through guidance, through technical assistance and providing service to the public by way of ada.gov and more, we are fighting to stand up for people with disabilities across our country. >> that's so important to give everybody an opportunity to have being an impediment to that. then the justice department's actions are great. section five was eliminated by the supreme court. section two is alive and it has been used and used well, even though sometimes it's late and it takes time. now there'th circuit where theyd that only the government can bring a case under section two of the voting rights act have most of the cases that have been two brought by individuals or by the government? and if it does come out that that is upheld by the supreme court

a state of emergency in shelby county, tennessee. action you've weather video, almost no traffic from memphis all the way to nashville. rob marciano is standing by. first, from chicago. >> reporter: tonight, white knuckle driving in the deep south. drivers struggling to stay on the road in snow, sleet and ice. accuweather storm chaser, reed timmer, on interstate 40 in nashville. >> road crews are trying to keep up with the rates, but it's just impossible down here in the south because the infrastructure doesn't really support it. >> this is an accident that started the whole thing up tomorrow. >> reporter: west of houston, icy overpasses and multiple morning crashes forcing authorities to close interstate 10 in both directions. with temperatures feeling like the teens across texas, energy officials worried about blackouts begging residents to conserve power. as the system heads to the northeast, bone-chilling cold fueling lake-effect blizzarded around buffalo. up to three inches an hour at one point forcing officials to issue a ban o

court's erosion of the voting rights act of 1965 through a series of decisions beginning with shelby county versus holder and continuing with bravano. bravanovich versus democratic national committee. these decisions have made it harder and more resource intensive for of the civil rights division and other voting rights act plaintiffs to prevail in enforcement actions. but there is a solution, of course, that is that congress must act. congress must respond to these misguided decisions by reauthorizing the voting rights act and updating the guardrails of our democratic republic to respond to 21st century threats. we must pass the john r. lewis voting rights advancement act, which would reinvigorate the voting rights act and ensure full funding for the civil rights division to deploy more resources to enforce voting rights protections. the civil rights division also bears responsibility for enforcing federal hate crime laws. at a time when over the past seven years, we've seen an explosion of hate speech and political violence, whether directed towards racial or ethnic minorities, women and

court erosion of the voting rights act of 1965 through a series of jeff sessions beginning with shelby county versus holder and continuing with the democratic national committee. these decisions made it harder and more resource intensive for the civil rights division and other voting rights plaintiffs to prevail in enforcement action, there is a solutionn of course, that is congress must act and respond to the misguided decisions by reauthorizing the voting rights act and updating the guardrails of our democratic republic to respond to 21st century threats, we must pass the john r lewis voting act which would reinvigorate the voting rights act to deploy more resources to enforce the voting right protection. the civil rights division bears responsibility for enforcing federal hate crime laws at a time but over the s past seven years we have seen an explosion of hate speech and political violence whether directed toward racial or ethnic minorities, women in lgbtq+ persons or members of religious groups all across the country, communities have been impacted by hate incidents as they trended upwa

and his concerns about the way the court is seen, it has certainly ruled on big questions like shelby county in 2013 and the decisions on his district has ruled in ways that benefit the republican party. but, nonetheless, he has been reluctant to be seen as a totally in that camp and has often tried to balance the books in their decisions. if the outcome of all of these state actions is to create more space for the supreme court, with what most legal scholars would say, reach the cracked a more important decision that the president is not uniformly immune from prosecution, they will certainly have an impact in that regard, as well. >> ron, all of this comes as trump enjoys a massive lead over his rivals in the gop race for the white house, meaning he is heavily favored to win the first big test, the iowa caucuses, just two weeks away. so, who will likely come second in iowa and does even matter at this juncture, given how far ahead he is? >> look, it is a real uphill climb for anyone to beat him. as analysts have pointed out, no one has ever had the kind of lead that trump now has in nationa

. >> at a shelby county sheriff's crew near hacks press and winchester road. >> it didn't take long.ticed something very disturbing. >> breaking news, memphis police red southeast memphis, a body has been found. >> that day when his body was discovered, i was in the newsroom. the film started buzzing. sense everyone, all the man power in our news room, went out to that scene. the police chopper was up. the street was packed. the word went around town like wildfire. anyone who knew lorenzen literally hopped into their car and drove to that scene. >> because of the discovery spread quickly and crowds of rights franz, often off the court, suddenly grew. >> it was still a full on crime scene lorenz's mother arrived. >> then, across the police line, to where the body was being recovered. >> i want to let walk his last walk to bill what happened. let me walk the last path he walked. >> why did you want to do that? >> i want to feel but he left. i knew. >> of course, she knew. it was her first born son, a ransom. >> police have notified the family that runs and wright was found dead here. >

as a result of that election, naacp and many groups in shelby county, should i say memphis, turned out the black votes unexpectedly. the incumbent who was disproportionally much harder on african-americans and poor white people. a new d.a. came in. we've seen those heinous pictures of those police killing that young man calling for his mother. within two weeks, because there was a new district attorney in office, they were terminated and charged with the crimes they should have been charged with. [applause] what was the reform? the reform was the election. what's the need now for reform? the election in 2024 so members of congress can do what's necessary to put forth the reforms that will be required to keep our communities safe from the individuals who are sworn to serve and protect us. accountability means that there's a national registry of bad actors for police officers who jump from agency to agency causing harm. reform means that there's a heightened accreditation for police, law-enforcement agencies to ensure that the proper trainings are put forth. you don't send police in harm

probably not be one person but we know one system that is broken and that his airport system in shelby countythis is actually not that much of a political issue anymore. it might've been before but these judicial commissioners are simply looking at these violent offenders in many cases, looking at their rap sheet and sending them right back out onto the street. the new mayor, paul young says we've got to fix the loophole in a broken system. we are all behind him. host: is that sentiment bipartis in nature for a new mayor coming into the office? is this unusual in memphis or have you seen this before? guest: he won with about 27% of the voting population. 27% of the demographic was behind paul young, that's a lot of people who were not for him but that's the voting system here in memphis. that's another issue. maybe we should we should address that going forward. this is a dark blue city. he is a democrat and would describe himself as a progressive and able to work with republicans. there is no question where he sits on the political spectrum. i think a lot of people that vote here are looking

probably not be one person but we know one system that is broken and that his airport system in shelby countytually not that much of a political issue anymore. it might've been before but these judicial commissioners are simply looking at these violent offenders in many cases, looking at their rap sheet and sending them right back out onto the street. the new mayor, paul young says we've got to fix the loophole in a broken system. we are all behind him. host: is that sentiment bipartisan in nature for a new mayor coming into the office? is this unusual in memphis or have you seen this before? guest: he won with about 27% of the voting population. 27% of the demographic was behind paul young, that's a lot of people who were not for him but that's the voting system here in memphis. that's another issue. maybe we should we should address that going forward. this is a dark blue city. he is a democrat and would describe himself as a progressive and able to work with republicans. there no question where he sits on the political spectrum. i think a lot people that vote here are looking for him. i'm