Supreme Court Decision on VRA ‘Sent Us Backwards in Time’: Booker
Booker said the 6-3 ruling could leave minority voters with less ability to elect candidates of their choice.
- On Sunday, Senator Cory Booker told NBC that the Supreme Court's recent Voting Rights Act decision is a historical failure, claiming it sends the country "backwards in time" regarding minority representation.
- Last month's 6-3 decision limited Section 2 of the VRA to "intentional" racial discrimination, enabling Gov. Bill Lee to sign a Tennessee map on Thursday that carves up the state's only majority-Black district.
- Rejecting the majority opinion as "profoundly hypocritical," Booker compared the ruling to Plessy and Korematsu while warning that if other States follow Louisiana's lead, minority citizens lose equal opportunity to elect candidates.
- Despite tensions, Booker expressed confidence that Democrats could reclaim the House by appealing to the "75% to 80% of Americans" dissatisfied with economic pressures, urging the Democratic National Committee to release its 2024 campaign "autopsy."
- Regarding the conflict with Israel and Iran, Booker stated he will not support more military armaments and criticized President Donald Trump as an "embarrassment on the world stage" for policies he called a "disaster.
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Supreme Court decision on VRA ‘sent us backwards in time’: Booker
Democratic Sen. Cory Booker (N.J.) said Sunday that the Supreme Court sent the country “backwards in time” by declaring Louisiana’s addition of a second majority-Black congressional district an unconstitutional racial gerrymander. The high court ruled last month, in a 6-3 decision along ideological lines, that Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act of 1965 only…
Cory Booker Blasts Corrupt Supreme Court Majority And Demands Reform
The Supreme Court majority’s hypocrisy regarding congressional districts and gerrymandering has not gone unnoticed by elected officials and voters. The same Supreme Court majority had previously ruled that majority-minority districts were constitutional, but later ruled that districts drawn on the basis of race were not constitutional.PoliticusUSA is unfiltered news and views delivered directly to you. Support our work by becoming a subscriber.S…
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