Transcripts for MSNBC American Voices With Alicia Menendez 2

Transcripts for MSNBC American Voices With Alicia Menendez 20220117 00:07:00

and bernice, um, mentioned it in that clip. the chief architect of this assault on voting rights is not mitch mcconnell. it's not david duke. it's not whatever boogieman you think is hiding under the -- under the -- under the closet. the chief architect is chief justice john roberts. it is he, who has been an enemy of voting rights and racial equality from his very first job out of law school, which was to oppose the 1982 amendments to the voting rights act. it is john roberts who authored shelby county v. holder which eviscerated section five of the voting rights act, which is basically why we are here right now. it is john roberts in 2020 which swung wide the doors toward gerrymandering and it's john roberts who provided the crucial fifth vote in last year's decision which eviscerated section 2 of the voting rights act. this has all been done by federal society conservatives that have been put on the supreme court and until we stop

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