Holder justified the continued existence of Section 4 triggers this way this week:

“Holder said the states “with documented histories of discrimination” still should be required to gain “pre-clearance” from the Justice Department or a panel of federal judges.”

Naturally he makes no mention of Euclid Ohio, Boston, Osceola (FL), Philadelphia, Blaine County, Montana or all of the places not covered by Section 5 which gave rise to discrimination lawsuits under the Voting Rights Act.  In fact of the last 16 Section 2 cases brought by the Department of Justice, only 3 were in states covered by Section 4 triggers.  One of those was U.S. v. Ike Brown and involved a discriminated against white minority, a victim class DOJ won’t protect in a Section 5 review whether in Noxubee County or in Pritchard, Alabama.  Only Georgetown (SC) and Long County (GA) were covered jurisdictions.