The Judiciary Committee did not hold a single hearing on voting rights in the six years that Democrats were in the minority, but that did not stop Republicans from complaining Tuesday about what they termed an unfair reference to segregation-style politics of the Old South. Stacey Abrams, founder of Fair Fight Action, testifies before the Senate on Tuesday. (Image via Courthouse News) WASHINGTON (CN) — Chafing Republicans with the very title of their hearing, the Senate Judiciary Committee held up Georgia’s new voting restrictions on Tuesday as “Jim Crow 2021: the Latest Assault on the Right to Vote.” “I think this is the greatest crisis facing our democracy today,” Senator Patrick Leahy said.