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Every reauthorization of the Voting Rights Act
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All In: The Fight for Democracy

Every reauthorizationof the Voting Rights Act was signed bya Republican president

Every reauthorization
of the Voting Rights Act was signed by
a Republican president

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Every reauthorization of the Voting Rights Act
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was signed by a Republican president.
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01:00:07
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May 27, 2025
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The documentary takes a look at the history, and current activism against voter suppression; barriers to voting that most people don't even know is a threat to their basic rights as citizens of the United States.
I think that democracy, if it’s to work, - All In: The Fight for Democracy 00:07
I think that democracy, if it’s to work,
I am proud to sign the Voting Rights Act - All In: The Fight for Democracy 00:08
I am proud to sign the Voting Rights Act
ADEGBILE: Ronald Reagan called it - All In: The Fight for Democracy 00:11
ADEGBILE: Ronald Reagan called it
KRISTEN CLARKE: It’s a seemingly coordinated strategy - All In: The Fight for Democracy 00:10
KRISTEN CLARKE: It’s a seemingly coordinated strategy
It was almost a strategy of, - All In: The Fight for Democracy 00:07
It was almost a strategy of,
The Shelby County case is the one - All In: The Fight for Democracy 00:12
The Shelby County case is the one
NEWSMAN: The Supreme Court hears a challenge - All In: The Fight for Democracy 00:06
NEWSMAN: The Supreme Court hears a challenge
Its detractors say - All In: The Fight for Democracy 00:04
Its detractors say
Its defenders consider it a needed bulwark for justice. - All In: The Fight for Democracy 00:04
Its defenders consider it a needed bulwark for justice.
SCOTT PELLEY: The Voting Rights Act requires nine states - All In: The Fight for Democracy 00:06
SCOTT PELLEY: The Voting Rights Act requires nine states
BERT REIN: From a lawyer’s point of view, - All In: The Fight for Democracy 00:07
BERT REIN: From a lawyer’s point of view,
And that’s the business we’re in, so we took the case. - All In: The Fight for Democracy 00:05
And that’s the business we’re in, so we took the case.
JOHN ROBERTS: We’ll hear argument first - All In: The Fight for Democracy 00:05
JOHN ROBERTS: We’ll hear argument first
We argued that the Voting Rights Act - All In: The Fight for Democracy 00:10
We argued that the Voting Rights Act
Think that that really doesn’t mask the need - All In: The Fight for Democracy 00:07
Think that that really doesn’t mask the need
You can’t treat states the same, - All In: The Fight for Democracy 00:07
You can’t treat states the same,
ANTONIN SCALIA: All of the noncovered states - All In: The Fight for Democracy 00:06
ANTONIN SCALIA: All of the noncovered states
ADEGBILE: The South has changed and made progress, - All In: The Fight for Democracy 00:13
ADEGBILE: The South has changed and made progress,
ROBERTS: Have there been episodes-- egregious episodes-- - All In: The Fight for Democracy 00:07
ROBERTS: Have there been episodes-- egregious episodes--
ROBERTS: Well, then it doesn’t seem to help you make the point - All In: The Fight for Democracy 00:06
ROBERTS: Well, then it doesn’t seem to help you make the poi...