Voting Rights Act

As to the Voting Rights Act of 1965, I think, if anything, the history of the suffragist movement shows that you can make alliances with people, but you do not compromise on basic human rights.

The Roberts Court—in gutting provisions of the Voting Rights Act, denying that the 14th Amendment protects abortion rights, and outlawing affirmative action—has often overruled or ignored precedent in high-profile cases.

When Democrats tried to pass the Freedom to Vote Act and the John Lewis Voting Rights Act a few years ago, you heard over and over from Republicans that states should run their own elections.

And, even more troublingly, the conservative supermajority’s questions made clear that Louisiana’s remedial map may not be the only thing in danger: The Voting Rights Act itself may also be on the line.

At its core, this case is about the discretion that states need to draw maps that comply with the Voting Rights Act and the Constitution and satisfy the state’s other legitimate redistricting goals, including the state’s political aims.