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Clarence Thomas thinks voting rights act should be gutted (www.businessinsider.com)

submitted 1 year ago by socphoenix@midwest.social to c/news@beehaw.org

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[–] lemillionsocks@beehaw.org 2 points 1 year ago

Thomas said the Voting Rights Act doesn't require Alabama "intentionally redraw its longstanding congressional districts so that black voters can control a number of seats roughly proportional to the black share of the State's population."

This guy is really acting like it's entitlement for people to feel proportionally represented by their representative government in a state. What the hell.