America has a long history of passing voter suppression laws. On the latest Reality Check, John Avlon speaks with historian Kate Masur and the Brennan Center’s Michael Waldman about the significance of the 15th Amendment and how recent moves from the Supreme Court have reduced the power of the Voting Rights Act of 1965.

Chapters
00:00-02:04 The Fight to Vote Continues Today
02:05-04:42 Suppressing the Vote Using Legal Means
04:43-7:17 Why Federal Action was Needed to Intervene
07:18-10:13 The 2013 Gutting of the Voting Rights Act
10:14-13:55 Moving Forward Together

Voting rights fight shifts back to statehouses as Senate Democrats fail to advance national protections
https://www.cnn.com/2022/01/19/politics/whats-next-voting-rights/index.html

Senate Democrats vow they'll pass voting rights legislation with or without Republicans. Here's what their proposals would do
https://www.cnn.com/2022/01/07/politics/voting-rights-electoral-count-john-lewis-act/index.html

The first test of new state voting laws is not going well
https://www.cnn.com/2022/02/14/politics/voting-rights-texas-election-what-matters/index.html

Here's why voting rights legislation isn't going anywhere this year
https://www.cnn.com/2021/12/16/politics/voting-rights-senate-sinema-manchin/index.html