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TexasTowelie

(128,019 posts) Mon May 4, 2026, 11:33 PM Monday

Sherrilyn Ifill - What Happened to the Voting Rights Act? - The Daily Show

Civil rights lawyer and founding director of Howard Law School's 14th Amendment Center for Law & Democracy, Sherrilyn Ifill, sits down with Jon Stewart to discuss the Supreme Court’s weakening of the Voting Rights Act. They talk about how the reinstatement for purposeful discrimination overturned the court’s own precedent, how the Voting Rights Act protects the voting strength of minorities and their candidates of choice, and the dangerous potential for Trump and Republicans to redistrict using this precedent in an effort to turn seats in the House.

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Sherrilyn Ifill - What Happened to the Voting Rights Act? - The Daily Show (Original Post) TexasTowelie Monday OP

Very very good information. magicarpet Yesterday #1

magicarpet

(19,218 posts)

1. Very very good information.

Reply to TexasTowelie (Original post)

Tue May 5, 2026, 12:03 AM

Yesterday

Thank you for posting this.

The Fascist arm of the USSC needs to be be diluted or cut off
or our Democracy is headed for the trash bins of history.

This is so hard to swallow
It makes me want to throw up
In the hopes it might make me feel better.

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