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Hank Johnson: “Yet, the Supreme Court has treated this special statute worse than other law passed by Congress, first, by eviscerating…”

On the recordJuly 26, 2021
Yet, the Supreme Court has treated this special statute worse than other law passed by Congress, first, by eviscerating section 4, and thus, castrating section 5.
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Hank Johnson
Democratic · Georgia

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The Supreme Court has weakened the Voting Rights Act significantly.

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