Kaine Statement on Supreme Court Decision Gutting Voting Rights Act

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senator Tim Kaine (D-VA), a former civil rights lawyer, released the following statement regarding the Supreme Court’s ruling in Louisiana v. Callais that further eviscerates Voting Rights Act protections:

“The Supreme Court’s decision to gut Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act in Louisiana v. Callais marks a very dark day in our history. Since 1965, the Voting Rights Act has been a core pillar of civil rights law in America. That is, until an increasingly reactionary Supreme Court began chipping away at it in 2013, despite the fact that overwhelmingly bipartisan majorities in Congress reauthorized the law five times. The Court’s latest ruling will make it extremely difficult to challenge racially discriminatory congressional maps, and threatens to undo major progress America has made toward realizing our Founders’ vision of an equal, just society for all.”

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