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Supreme Court Guts Voting Rights Act in "Devastating Blow" to Democracy & Civil Rights: Maya Wiley

2026-04-30 News & Politics
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Support our work: https://democracynow.org/donate/sm-desc-yt The U.S. Supreme Court has effectively gutted Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act, the last remaining major provision of the landmark 1965 law that was a crowning achievement of the civil rights movement. "This is central to whether or not we maintain a multiracial democracy in this country," says lawyer and civil rights activist Maya Wiley, head of the Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights. She calls Wednesday's ruling "a free pass to discriminate." Wiley also responds to the Justice Department's fraud case against the Southern Poverty Law Center, which centers on the group's history of paying individuals to infiltrate white supremacist groups in order to monitor their activities. Democracy Now! is an independent global news hour that airs on over 1,500 TV and radio stations Monday through Friday. Watch our livestream at democracynow.org Mondays to Fridays 8-9 a.m. ET. Subscribe to our Daily Email Digest: https://democracynow.org/subscribe

Top Comments (10)

@kincamell2 2026-04-30

Politics = Poly Tricks.

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@sofiphilo 2026-04-30

People will need to pay special attention to candidates. And candidate selection will improve.

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@georgemartigani2214 2026-05-01

Fuck paying taxes there's more of us than their is of them we need to do something about the 6 terrorist on the supreme Court

16 1 replies
@hestoleit 2026-05-01

WE NEED TO VOTE ON PAPER BALLOTS FOR THE MIDTERMS! LEAVE A PAPER TRAIL WITH YOUR SIGNATURE! EASY TO VERIFY WITH RECOUNTS!

15 2 replies
@gailshea3268 2026-04-30

A lifetime appointment for the Supreme court politicians. I feel so sad. They shame this country and should be removed. They are a partisan group of sold out people.

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@Corvus-m4c 2026-04-30

What is going to be done about all the greed and corruption? Reporting on it is nice, but it does no good without decisive action to stop it.

12 2 replies
@Denny-ix9sx 2026-04-30

Where in the constitution does it say that the good of the party outweighs and justifies wrongdoing to the commonwealth of the people?

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@othellojonez 2026-04-30

And the GOP did this all WHILE the CBC sat there...and WATCHED...so SAVE THE THEATRICS.

7 2 replies
@anthonydemarco8090 2026-04-30

It's disgusting😢😢

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@Patricia-gc5ez 2026-04-30

Evil doesn't last for long.

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