Originally published at: The Red State Scramble to Gerrymander Away Black Electoral Power Has Been More Blatant Than You’d Expect
Hello, and welcome back to The Franchise! Red states are scrambling to redraw their congressional maps in the aftermath of the Supreme Court ruling last week that struck down Louisiana’s second Black-majority congressional district in Louisiana v. Callais. The decision obliterated the Voting Rights Act and paved the way for red states to reshape majority-Black…
Roberts’s confirmation hearings in 2006, he was asked about his position on the law, often referred to as the crown jewel of the civil-rights movement. “The existing Voting Rights Act, the constitutionality has been upheld, and I don’t have any issue with that,” he said.
He lied!!!
He has now argued the VRA is no longer necessary because of the election of a black president, so please someone ask him to explain this rush to change the electoral maps esp. in the Southern states.