The Supreme Court appears ready to obliterate what remains of the Voting Rights Act

Oct 05, 2022 View Original Article
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    -98% Extremely Liberal

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  • Policy Leaning

    -2% Center

  • Politician Portrayal

    60% Negative

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"While the VRA has facilitated the participation of voters and elected officials of color nationwide, Chief Justice John Roberts' court has spent the past decade gutting the landmark civil rights law, begiing with anti-discrimination protections in 2013."
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-2% Liberal
"Since Trump's loss in the 2020 presidential contest, GOP-controlled states have intensified their efforts to enact voter suppression laws and redraw congressional and state legislative maps in ways that disenfranchise Democratic-leaning communities of color and give Republicans outsized representation, which could help them cement minority rule for at least a decade."
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-24% Liberal
"A trio of federal judges -- including two appointed by former President Donald Trump -- unanimously sided with the plaintiffs, ruling that Alabama's recently adopted congressional map unconstitutionally denies equal representation and likely violates Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act (VRA) by diminishing Black voters' ability to elect candidates of their choice."
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-26% Liberal

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Contributing sentiments towards policy:

49% :While the VRA has facilitated the participation of voters and elected officials of color nationwide, Chief Justice John Roberts' court has spent the past decade gutting the landmark civil rights law, beginning with anti-discrimination protections in 2013.

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