Johnson praises SCOTUS decision on Voting Rights Act
May 13, 2026
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as posted by the channelHouse Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) praised the Supreme Court's decision last week in Louisana v. Callais that ruled states did not have to create majority-minority districts to satisfy section 2 of the Voting Rights Act.
"The Court restored a simple but profound truth," Speaker Johnson said at a Wednesday press conference with House GOP leadership. "The Constitution protects every American equally."
The Callais decision split the court 6-3 along ideological lines, with liberal justices dissenting, arguing it overturned decades of precedent and would disenfranchise Black minority communities that vote Democratic in the South. Democrats have condemned the decision, while Republicans have hailed it as a victory. State legislatures in Tennessee, Louisiana, and Alabama have moved quickly to pass new maps that erase the seats of Black Democratic representatives in majority-minority districts.
"Democrats spent decades trying to engineer electoral maps that divided Americans," Speaker Johnson said. "This decision from the Supreme Court hopefully ends that terrible practice once and for all."
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