Rep. Adams Statement on the Louisiana V. Callais Supreme Court Decision

Washington, D.C.- Congresswoman Alma S. Adams, Ph.D. (NC-12) released a statement on the Louisiana V. Callais Supreme Court Decision.

"This recent Supreme Court ruling is part of a long assault on the Voting Rights Act (VRA) of 1965. The Supreme Court has weakened an essential provision in the VRA used to protect the country from extremely biased racial gerrymandering. These protections weren't a favor; they were a debt this nation owed to Black Americans after centuries of terror at the ballot box.

"The Supreme Court didn't finish this in one day. They chipped away at it in 2013 with Shelby County V. Holder. They weakened it again in 2021 with Brnovich v. Democratic National Committee. Now, they've done what the majority has wanted all along and rendered the VRA nearly impossible to enforce with Louisiana V. Callais.

"Requiring proof of intent to discriminate in states with documented histories of racial voter suppression is not legal interpretation. It is judicial activism and willful blindness.

"I am calling on Congress to pass the John Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act immediately. We did not come this far to go back."