I agree with you, Chairman Cohen, that Congress got it wrong in Shelby, and substituted its own judgment for Congress, but the Shelby decision is the law, and any effort by this body to amended the Voting Rights Act must be undertaken with attention to the court's guidance in that case.
Cohen acknowledges the Supreme Court's Shelby decision and its implications for amending the Voting Rights Act.
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