they basically told in ohio the state supreme court to take long off off a short pier. but these three alone, that s three seats. alabama, louisiana, florida, remove three seats that likely would ve gone to the democrat. this is the council for the naacp defense fund. she worked on the cases i just mentioned and she joins me now. great to have you. can you kind of lay out the case of what current u.s. voting rights law, the voting rights act, 14th amendment, says about the questions that were issued in the two clear cases in alabama and louisiana? sure, chris, thanks. so the voting i writing ads rights act in 1965 if she rob roberts recognized in his dissent in the alabama case, prevent state registry jurors from cracking black voters in particular in a way to dilute their voting power and that is also prohibited by the 14th amendment, particular preventing any discriminatory map and has the effect of denying black voters there are any voters of color a fair opportunity to elect cand
case of what current u.s. voting rights law, the voting rights act, 14th amendment, says about the questions that were issued in the two clear cases in alabama and louisiana? sure, chris, thanks. so the voting i writing ads rights act in 1965 if she rob roberts recognized in his dissent in the alabama case, prevent state registry jurors from cracking black voters in particular in a way to dilute their voting power and that is also prohibited by the 14th amendment, particular preventing any discriminatory map and has the effect of denying black voters there are any voters of color a fair opportunity to elect candidates of their choice. and places like alabama and louisiana where we brought brought cases, it s a significant history of racial discrimination in voting, but across all sectors of life. so in health, in public education, in health care