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Stacey Abrams: “Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act... states no longer have…”

Featuring: Stacey Abrams, Democratic | Former Candidate, Governor of Georgia

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How We Can Stand Up To the Trump Supreme Court

Published | Video Starts at 00:44

In a decision you're probably hearing about, called the Calais Decision, the Supreme Court reversed 60 years of progress. And what they said is that Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act... states no longer have to draw districts that reflect the racial composition of their states. that they no longer have to do it. Justice Samuel Alito wrote the majority opinion, and basically he said that rather than detecting what has happened with racial intent, you now have to be a psychic and know what they meant. (00:44–00:55)

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Asserts that the Supreme Court ruled states no longer need to draw districts reflecting racial composition.

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