📩 Statement - Supreme Court Allows South Carolina To Strip Power From Black Voters
🗽A well informed citizenry is the best defense against tyranny.
People Power United is a proud member of the United for Democracy coalition. Earlier today, the coalition released a statement on the Supreme Court's decision to allow the state of South Carolina to strip power from black voters.
Here is the statement made on behalf of our People Power United membership:
May 23, 2024
MAGA JUSTICES ALLOW SOUTH CAROLINA TO SUPPRESS BLACK VOTERS’ ELECTORAL POWER
Washington, D.C. – Today, the Supreme Court handed down its decision in Alexander v. South Carolina State Conference of the NAACP, ruling in favor of South Carolina’s gerrymandered maps. Stasha Rhodes, Campaign Director of United for Democracy, issued the following statement.
“Today the MAGA-controlled Supreme Court rubber-stamped right-wing politicians’ strategy of stripping away Black communities’ voting rights and ability to choose and hold their elected officials accountable. That this decision comes just after news of Justice Alito’s ‘Stop the Steal’ sympathies came to light is egregious but not surprising from this broken and corrupt Supreme Court.
This is another relentless power grab aimed at suppressing the voices of Black South Carolinians and making it incredibly difficult for Americans to challenge unconstitutional MAGA racial gerrymanders in future cases .
Our Supreme Court should serve as protector of our democracy, but instead we have a MAGA supermajority – three of whom appointed by former President Trump — intent on taking a hatchet to our rights, our freedoms, and our democracy.
We are at a breaking point and Congress cannot ignore it. It’s time they commit to fixing the Supreme Court to restore equal representation and return power to the people before it’s too late.”
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United for Democracy is a diverse and growing Coalition of 140 grassroots organizations, labor unions, and advocates for reproductive rights, gun violence prevention, the environment, workers’ rights and more, all representing tens of millions of Americans. The nationwide campaign launched to educate Americans about the impact today’s Supreme Court is having on their lives, freedoms, and democracy — and call on Congress to rein in its unchecked powers.
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People Power United champions progressive values and power to the people. We are a group of people who believe in the possibility of change and work to make it happen. Our members are committed to an inclusive and progressive future.