Congresswoman Lizzie Fletcher Statement on Supreme Court Decision in Louisiana v. Callais

Today, Congresswoman Lizzie Fletcher (TX-07) released the following statement after the Supreme Court issued its decision in Louisiana v. Callais, striking down Louisiana's congressional map and gutted Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act:

"The Voting Rights Act is one of the most important civil rights laws in the history of the United States: the result of a generations-long struggle to ensure the right to full participation in our democratic society for all American citizens and a triumph over a long and shameful history of racial discrimination in voting. Today, the United States Supreme Court gutted the Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act, which has served until now as the last legal barrier against overt and intentional racial discrimination in American politics, and betrayed generations of Americans past and present who fought for the right to vote and for full citizenship for all Americans.

"If the Supreme Court will not protect the right of all Americans to participate in our democratic process, Congress and citizens must. Every one of us can-and must-do the work to protect the progress the Voting Rights Act represents and the promise of American democracy for all.