My Speech on the Supreme Court's Decision to Gut the Voting Rights Act

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Trump’s Supreme Court has gutted the protections that Dr. King marched for.

The protections made possible by civil rights protestors who spilled blood in pursuit of a more perfect union.

This is a devastating and profound step backwards for American Democracy.

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Maya Wiley on Supreme Court Gutting the Voting Rights Act, DOJ's Case Against SPLC & More

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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.