WASHINGTON, April 29 -- Sen. Mazie K. Hirono issued the following press release:
Today, U.S. Senator Mazie Hirono (D-HI), a senior member of the Senate Committee on the Judiciary, released the following statement after the Supreme Court effectively gutted Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act of 1965 in its Louisiana v. Callais decision:
"In functionally overturning the last enforceable section of the Voting Rights Act, the Supreme Court has once again put the interests of Republicans and their billionaire buddies before the voting rights of millions of Americans. This is a Supreme Court majority with an ideological agenda. From an unlawful war to illegal tariffs and a cost-of-living crisis, Donald Trump and Republicans know their agenda is ...