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Warnock: Voting Rights ruling is 'Jim Crow in new clothes'

The Hill · Apr 30, 2026, 7:17 PM · Also reported by 4 other sources

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Sen. Raphael Warnock (D-Ga.) on Wednesday slammed the Supreme Court's ruling that Louisiana's addition of a second majority-Black congressional district was unconstitutional, which limited the scope of the 1965 Voting Rights Act, as "Jim Crow in new clothes." The court's justices determined the dist

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Warnock: Voting Rights ruling is 'Jim Crow in new clothes'

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