Kamala Harris accuses Supreme Court of ‘trying to suppress the voice of the people’
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Former vice president Kamala Harris criticised the Supreme Court’s decision allowing states to dismantle Black-majority congressional districts, stating it enables Republicans to “cheat” and “back-door racism through politics”.
The ruling in Louisiana v Callais requires voters to prove “intentional discrimination” to claim voting rights violations, which Harris argues suppresses the voice of the people.
Harris advocated for reforms including expanding the Supreme Court, and discussing statehood for Puerto Rico and D.C., and the Electoral College to “neutralise red-state cheating”.
Following the ruling, Republican-dominated states like Tennessee, Louisiana, Alabama, Georgia, and South Carolina are redrawing electoral maps to dilute Black voters’ political power.
House Speaker Mike Johnson condemned Harris’s remarks, accusing her and other Democrats of being “institutional arsonists” for suggesting reforms like court packing.
