Episode 38: Voter Suppression, Civil Rights and the Law

Summary: Kristen Clarke, president & executive director of the national Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law (Lawyers’ Committee), joins Jordan to discuss voter suppression, purging of voter rolls, Trump's "voter fraud" commission and other attacks from the Sessions DOJ. Note: This episode was recorded before a federal judge rejected Texas' voter ID law. The Lawyers Committee was a plaintiff in the case. Read more: https://www.nytimes.com/2017/08/23/us/federal-judge-rejects-a-revised-voter-id-law-in-texas.html