RANKING MEMBER WELCH REBUKES SUPREME COURT'S DECISION TO TURN BACK THE CLOCK ON VOTING RIGHTS: "WE SHOULD BE COMPETING ON THE BASIS OF OUR IDEAS. WE SHOULD NOT BE COMPETING ON HOW CLEVER WE CAN DRAW THE MAP TO SUIT OUR OWN POLITICAL BIAS"

WASHINGTON, May 19 -- Sen. Peter Welch issued the following press release:

In a Judiciary subcommittee hearing today, U.S. Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.), Ranking Member of the Judiciary Subcommittee on the Constitution, emphasized how the Supreme Court's recent Louisiana v. Callais decision showcased a high degree of partisanship and disregard for Americans' voting rights. Ranking Member Welch also highlighted how the Court's ruling, which will make it harder to prove racial gerrymandering, reflects a greater trend of the highest court's increasingly far-right politicization.

"The Voting Rights Act did not come out of nowhere. It came out of a long history of legislated discrimination. I do believe that Louisiana v. Callais turns back the ...