Supreme Court decision on VRA 'sent us backwards in time': Booker

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Supreme Court decision on VRA 'sent us backwards in time': Booker

Democratic Sen. Cory Booker (N.J.) said Sunday that the Supreme Court sent the country “backwards in time” by declaring Louisiana's addition of a second majority-Black congressional district an …

Democratic Sen. Cory Booker (N.J.) said Sunday that the Supreme Court sent the country “backwards in time” by declaring Louisiana's addition of a second majority-Black congressional district an unconstitutional racial gerrymander. The high court ruled last month, in a 6-3 decision along ideological lines, that Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act of 1965 only...

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