Donna Brazile : But now that Section 5 's `` pre-clearance '' formula has been made irrelevant , it falls to Congress to fix it . LBJ 's 1965 speech enjoined Southerners to support blacks ' right to vote . She says the Supreme Court , in a sense , has overturned the Voting Rights Act . Brazile : President Obama must convince polarized Congress to save the act by fixing it . The ID laws and threats to rights remain , and Congress must pass new act , she says .
Donna Brazile : LBJ 's 1965 speech enjoined Southerners to support blacks ' right to vote . She says the Supreme Court , in a sense , has overturned the Voting Rights Act . Brazile : President Obama must convince polarized Congress to save the act by fixing it . The ID laws and threats to rights remain , and Congress must pass new act , she says .