Congressman Cohen Blasts Supreme Court’s Gutting of the Voting Rights Act
Says decision turns democracy on its head and undermines representation
WASHINGTON – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-9) reviewed Wednesday’s 6-3 U.S. Supreme Court ruling weakening a provision of the landmark Voting Rights Act and made the following statement:
“We’ve been expecting this decision. I’m disappointed that the Court has diluted the Voting Rights Act which guaranteed minority voters the right to elect the representative of their choosing. It has served us well. This ruling effectively undoes the work of Martin Luther King and John Lewis. Changes to the Voting Rights Act should be made by Congress.
“If the General Assembly is called back into a special session and seeks to do Trump’s bidding, I will exercise every option, legal and political, to prevent the harm this decision today makes possible.”
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