Voting Rights Act of 1965

Richardson nominates the Voting Rights Act for celebration because for the first time everyone got a say in government, which she says the radical right has worked to dismantle.

“For the first time, everybody gets a say in the government. And that, of course, has been what the radical right has been working to dismantle ever since”

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Warnock called the Voting Rights Act the crown jewel of the civil rights movement and said he would not be a senator without it.

“the Voting Rights Act of 1965 is the crown jewel achievement of the civil rights movement without which I Literally would not be sitting here with you right now”

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Murray argues preserving Section 2 in form lets non-African American litigants challenge remedial or blue-state opportunity districts.

“now non-African American litigants can come in and say, that violates my rights”

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Patel argued drawing districts for specific races disenfranchises other races in those districts.

“by empowering or drawing districts for races specifically, you inherently disenfranchise other races in these districts”

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Pfeiffer argued that John Roberts's central project as chief justice has been dismantling the Voting Rights Act.

“long before Trump, John Roberts' main project as Chief Justice was the dismantling of the Voting Rights Act”

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