Stacey Abrams: “Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act, which required that…”

“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, which required that states actually draw districts that reflected the racial composition of their states, [is no longer required]. 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.” (00:44–00:53)

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