Kamala Harris comes out swinging for Supreme Court expansion to take down 'red state cheating' [View all]
Source: The Independent
Sunday 17 May 2026 04:54 EDT
Former vice president Kamala Harris has blasted the Supreme Court’s decision to allow states to dismantle Black-majority congressional districts, saying the move allowed Republicans to “cheat” ahead of midterm elections.
“What they have done with this decision, by saying that the politics of redistricting is OK, is they are back-dooring racism through politics,” Harris said on a call with nonprofit organization Emerge on Wednesday. “What they are doing is intentionally… trying to suppress the voice of the people,” she said.
Harris’ remarks follow a decision from the nation’s high court that delivered a massive blow to the 1965 Voting Rights Act in the case of Louisiana v Callais, stating that voters hindered or prohibited from voting due to reasons concerning race must prove they were the victims of “intentional discrimination.”
Speaking to Emerge, Harris raised the idea of Supreme Court reform “including the notion of expanding the court.” Democrats have floated the idea following the death of Ruth Bader Ginsburg in 2020, which led to Donald Trump appointing a third nominee to the bench, which has a conservative majority.
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