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Hakeem Jeffries: “The Supreme Court gutted the Voting Rights Act in ways that…”

Featuring: Hakeem Jeffries, Democratic | U.S. House New York, 8th Congressional District

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Published | Video Starts at 09:29

Now in terms of the broad reforms that are going to be necessary to actually deliver a court that's functioning like a separate and co equal branch of government as opposed to what we saw for instance with respect to the Calais decision where The Supreme Court gutted the Voting Rights Act in ways that do the bidding of extreme MAGA Republicans. who turned around in the Deep south and unleashed these Jim Crow like tactics. Yes, I have a problem with that. It's inconsistent with the law and with the Constitution. (09:29–09:37)

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Asserts that the Supreme Court weakened the Voting Rights Act to favor extreme MAGA Republicans.

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