{"id":10224,"date":"2013-09-03T06:05:07","date_gmt":"2013-09-03T13:05:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bradblog.com\/?p=10224"},"modified":"2026-06-20T14:15:38","modified_gmt":"2026-06-20T21:15:38","slug":"will-holder-really-get-tough-on-voting-rights-my-conversation-with-mike-papantonio-on-thom-hartmanns-show-video","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bradblog.com\/?p=10224","title":{"rendered":"Will Holder Really Get Tough on Voting Rights?: My Conversation with Mike Papantonio on Thom Hartmann&#8217;s Show [VIDEO]"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><center><iframe width=\"420\" height=\"236\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ecniTdf26uI\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/center><\/p>\n<p>Note 1: Pardon the herky-jerky Skype web cam video.<\/p>\n<p>Note 2: <a href=\"https:\/\/bradblog.com\/?p=10157\">The BRAD BLOG article about Eric Holder<\/a> that I believe my friend Mike Papantonio cited during our conversation, was actually written by our legal analyst Ernest Canning. But, of course, I&#8217;m proud to stand behind it 100%! Just wanted to give credit where due.<\/p>\n<p>Note 2a: There are several different issues currently in court between TX and the DoJ, and they get a bit conflated during my conversation with Pap. One issue is the filing by the <a href=\"https:\/\/bradblog.com\/?p=10157\">DoJ asking the court to order<\/a> that the state of Texas be added, or &#8220;bailed in&#8221;, to the list of jurisdictions requiring federal preclearance for all new voting-related laws, given their history of purposeful discrimination with such laws. The current list of jurisdictions is now empty, since the <a href=\"https:\/\/bradblog.com\/?p=10094\">U.S. Supreme Court killed the Voting Rights Act formula<\/a> used to determine who should be on that list. The other TX\/DoJ case we discuss is the DoJ&#8217;s suit to block the TX GOP&#8217;s disenfranchising polling place Photo ID restriction. That law, though it was <a href=\"https:\/\/bradblog.com\/?p=9522\">found discriminatory in 2012 by both the DoJ and a federal court<\/a>, was re-enacted by TX immediately after SCOTUS gutted the VRA. The DoJ, and other parties, are now suing to block it under the still-existing Section 2 of the VRA, as well as on Constitutional grounds. (We hope to have more details on the lawsuits against the TX GOP&#8217;s polling place Photo ID restriction law soon. And, I&#8217;ll add, our coverage should offer some pretty encouraging news for voting rights advocates who, unlike Ernest Canning, may not have dug into all the legal details and already-established facts of the case. &#8212; <i><strong>UPDATE:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/bradblog.com\/?p=10226\">That article is now here<\/a>, and offers some very encouraging news indeed about the likelihood that the TX Photo ID law is <\/i>already<i> doomed in court!<\/i>)<\/p>\n<p>Note 3: Enjoy!<\/p>\n<p><!--BB-DONATEPITCH-START--><\/p>\n<div style=\"background:#f5f0e0; border:2px solid #6b5a2e; border-radius:6px; padding:10px 14px; text-align:center; font-family:Georgia,serif;\"><span style=\"display:block; margin:0 0 8px 0; color:#3a2e0e; font-size:0.95em; line-height:1.5;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/BradBlog.com\">The BRAD BLOG<\/a> covers your electoral system, fiercely and independently, like no other media outlet in the nation. 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