Sen. Raphael Warnock (D-Ga.) on Wednesday slammed the Supreme Court’s ruling that Louisiana’s addition of a second majority-Black congressional district was unconstitutional, which limited the scope of the 1965 Voting Rights Act, as “Jim Crow in new clothes.” The court’s justices determined the district’s addition to be an unconstitutional racial gerrymander in a 6-3 decision…
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Warnock: Voting Rights ruling is ‘Jim Crow in new clothes’
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