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Jerry Nadler: Since the Supreme Court's disastrous 2013 decision in Shelby County v. Holder, which effectively gutted the most…

On the recordSeptember 9, 2019
Since the Supreme Court's disastrous 2013 decision in Shelby County v. Holder, which effectively gutted the most critical enforcement provision of the Voting Rights Act of 1965, the preclearance requirement, we have seen a troubling trend.
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Jerry Nadler
Democratic · New York

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Nadler discusses the negative impact of a Supreme Court decision on voting rights enforcement.

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