“The US Supreme Court has consistently upheld Section 2 to challenge racial discrimination in redistricting (most recently in Milligan in 2023), reassuring voters that despite its systematic dismantling of voting rights protections in Shelby, Brnovich, and others, the protections against discriminatory districting are here to stay. Today, the Court has abandoned its commitments to the Constitution and to the people it exists to serve.
“Today’s decision will turn back decades of progress toward securing a multiracial democracy, and the League has a message to the people of this country: your vote matters, no matter what the majority of this Court says. Those in power try to silence you because your voice is powerful. But the people have the power to determine the direction of this democracy. And we will not let this decision, or any other that seeks to threaten the will of the American people, be the last word.”