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Democrats admit Supreme Court ruling weakening Voting Rights Act is "devastating blow"
The Supreme Court weakened the Voting Rights Act by ruling Louisiana's Black-majority congressional districts were an unconstitutional racial gerrymander, enabling Republican-controlled Southern states to redraw maps favoring GOP candidates. Democrats warn this will cost them safe House seats in the South and hinder efforts to retake the House in November 2024.
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Yvette ClarkepersonNancy PelosipersonJoyce BeattypersonTerri SewellpersonDerrick JohnsonpersonCongressional Black CaucusorganizationNational Association for the Advancement of Colored PeopleorganizationDemocratic Congressional Campaign CommitteeorganizationLouisianaplaceVoting Rights ActtopicSection 2 of the Voting Rights ActtopicJohn Lewis Voting Rights Acttopic