US Supreme Court guts key provision of Voting Rights Act - Reuters

"Allowing race to play any part in government decision-making represents a departure from the constitutional rule that applies in almost every other context."

— Samuel Alito , Politician

"The court had now accomplished a demolition of the Voting Rights Act."

— Elena Kagan , Politician

"I would."

— Donald Trump , Politician

"It is hard to overstate what an earthquake this will be for American politics."

— Rick Hasen , Academic

"act as quickly as possible to ensure its congressional maps reflect the will of the people, not a racial quota system the Constitution forbids."

— Steve Marshall , Politician

"it was all the more reason for state lawmakers to redraw its congressional maps."

— Ron DeSantis , Politician

"Just Mississippi and Louisiana down here saving our country!"

— Tate Reeves , Politician

"the Constitution almost never permits the federal government or a state to discriminate on the basis of race."

— Samuel A. Alito Jr. , Politician

"the district an 'unconstitutional racial gerrymander.'"

— Samuel Alito , Politician

"This is one of the most important and most pernicious decisions of the Supreme Court in the last century."

— Rick Hasen , Academic

"We, in essence, are asking plaintiffs now to find a smoking gun, the proof of the racist intent that is sort of objectively and consciously articulated in order to prove their case."

— Atiba Ellis , Academic

"There's going to be districts out there that are, I would say, fake Voting Rights Act districts that really shouldn't have been drawn, those will be challenged."

— Edward Greim , Other

"Se trata de una demolición en toda regla de la Ley del Derecho al Voto."

— Elena Kagan , Politician

"La sección segunda fue diseñada para reforzar la Constitución, no para entrar en conflicto con ella."

— Samuel Alito , Politician