1. United States
2. Texas
3. Letter

The Supreme Court's April 29 ruling in Louisiana vs. Callais is a direct assault on Black voting rights, and I need you to act. The majority gutted Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act of 1965 by replacing the effects test with a demand for proof of intentional discrimination — a standard so high it renders the law nearly unenforceable. This is not a technicality. This is the dismantling of protections that took a century of struggle and bloodshed to win. The consequences are already here. Louisiana Governor Jeff Landry suspended primary elections the day after the ruling, throwing out up to 45,000 early votes already cast. Redistricting challenges are spreading across the South. The Fair Elections Center warns Black voters will lose meaningful representation in the November 2025 midterms. Justice Kagan said it plainly in her dissent: this ruling hands states a roadmap to gerrymander Black communities out of political power under the cover of partisanship. We have been here before. This is the new Jim Crow. I expect you to use every legislative tool available to restore and strengthen the Voting Rights Act, oppose any redistricting maps that dilute Black representation, and make clear publicly that this ruling is unacceptable. Silence is complicity.