Congress must now respond. It is imperative that we restore the Voting Rights Act preclearance requirement.
The Supreme Court was wrong, in my opinion, to undermine the Voting Rights Act.
Voting rights are so important, and we can't let those people's deaths, those people's injuries, those people's efforts go for naught.
I grew up believing that it was part of my responsibility as a minister not just to stand in the pulpit and preach on Sunday mornings, but a...
Justice delayed is justice denied.
I want the record to be crystal clear about the true cost of the tax law.
This law did not make the Tax Code any simpler. It did not balance the budget. It does not ease the burden on working families.
It continues to be a shame and a disgrace.
I think it is good and necessary that we do it, that we put the cards on the table face up.
As John Lewis eloquently stated, this decision plunged a dagger into the heart of the civil rights movement.
The loss of Section 5 preclearance cuts deep into the Federal protection of the right to vote.