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Dear Friend,
The Supreme Court just slashed the Voting Rights Act beyond recognition.
The extreme right-wing majority, led by Justice Samuel Alito, upheld two Arizona laws designed to make it more difficult to vote, especially for people of color.1 And the Court's decision further weakened the Voting Rights Act, suggesting that the dozens of other voter suppression laws sweeping the nation will be held up as well.
On the eve of Independence Day, the bedrock of our democracy—the right to vote—is in Congress' hands. Can you step up and help in this urgent moment?
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The appeals courts that had examined the Arizona laws all found that not only did the legislation make it more difficult for people of color to vote, that was the intent of the laws in the first place—an obvious violation of the Voting Rights Act.2
But the majority of the Court didn't care. Alito, joined by Clarence Thomas and Trump appointees Neal Gorsuch, Brett Kavanaugh, and Amy Comey Barrett, used the baseless fraud allegations spread by Donald Trump and other extremist legislators as the means to uphold racist voter suppression laws.3
In other words, we just cannot rely on the Supreme Court to protect our rights anymore.
Voting rights are up to Congress now. The Senate can pass H.R. 1 and standardize early voting and vote by mail, as well as the John Lewis Voting Rights Act to reinstate much of what the Supreme Court has undone.4 And Congress can expand the Supreme Court to help protect voting rights.
That's why we need to ramp up grassroots energy in this critical moment, and let these senators know that this bill is a priority for the people—and our democracy.
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Thanks for standing with us.
Robert Cruickshank,
Demand Progress
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Sources:
1. NBC News, "Supreme Court upholds restrictive Arizona voting laws in test of Voting Rights Act," July 1, 2021
2. Slate, "The Supreme Court Just Mangled the Voting Rights Act Beyond Recognition," July 1, 2021
3. Ibid.
4. The Washington Post, "How is the John Lewis Voting Rights Act different from H.R. 1?," May 31, 2021
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