Political Quotes

On the recordSeptember 9, 2019
The problem with disparate impact theory in the voting rights context is that disparate impact is often used to falsely impute racism or discrimination.
Said by
Henry Johnson
Republican · Louisiana

Editor's note · Context

Johnson critiques the misuse of disparate impact theory to accuse laws of racism.

Share & report

More from Henry Johnson

Nov 18, 2025

I’m going to vote to move this forward. I think it could be close to a unanimous vote, because everybody here, all the Republicans, want to go on record to show your maximum transparency.

theguardian.com
Dec 8, 2025

I’m not going to prejudge any of that. I was pretty busy yesterday. I didn’t follow a lot of the news.

theguardian.com
Nov 16, 2025

We’ll just get this done and move it on. There’s nothing to hide.

apnews.com

Other voices in this conversation