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Cory Booker Should Apply His Redistricting View to New Jersey
The column says the ruling underscores how the Voting Rights Act and the Constitution can clash over race-based districting, with Black residents at about 13% in New Jersey.
- Last month, the Supreme Court ruled Louisiana's congressional map an unconstitutional racial gerrymander, prompting Senator Cory Booker to tell "Meet the Press" host Kristen Welker the decision "sent us backwards in time."
- Legal tension exists because the Voting Rights Act requires states to address racial dilution, but the Constitution bars over-relying on race, mandating states consider "the totality of circumstances" when drawing districts.
- Goldberg, editor-in-chief of The Dispatch, questioned whether Booker is qualified to represent New Jersey, noting that nearly 9 out of 10 of his constituents are not Black.
- Boosting Black congressional representation in the 1980s and 1990s ironically aided Republicans by concentrating Democratic voters, a trade-off the Congressional Black Caucus prioritized over partisan advantage.
- With Black residents making up roughly 13% of his state's population, critics argue whether shared identity is necessary for representation, keeping debate over Booker's representational legitimacy alive.
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Cory Booker should apply his redistricting view to New Jersey
I wish "Meet the Press" host Kristen Welker had asked Sen. Cory Booker if he's qualified to represent New Jersey given that nearly 9 out of 10 of his constituents are not Black.
·Omaha, United States
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