Press ReleaseNeutral2026-04-29
Walkinshaw Statement on Supreme Court Decision Undermining the Voting Rights Act
James R. Walkinshaw
DVA-11 · Representative
Foreign PolicyVoting RightsCivil Rights
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This press release from Representative James R. Walkinshaw (D-VA) was published on 2026-04-29 and titled "Walkinshaw Statement on Supreme Court Decision Undermining the Voting Rights Act". It focuses on foreign policy and touches on voting rights, civil rights.
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Walkinshaw Statement on Supreme Court Decision Undermining the Voting Rights Act Washington, D.C. -- Congressman James R. Walkinshaw (VA-11) released the following statement in response to today's Supreme Court's ruling. "Today’s Supreme Court ruling is a direct attack on voting rights — and on the communities who fought hardest to secure them. In a 6-3 decision, the MAGA Supreme Court gutted Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act — the primary tool Americans have used for decades to challenge racially discriminatory maps. Republican-controlled states will now attempt to gerrymander districts to erase the voting power of Black Americans. Congress must act. Ban partisan gerrymandering nationally. Restore the protections this Court keeps dismantling." ###