Amanda Becker

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Amanda Becker @AmandaBecker

Why does it matter? As @rickhasen told me: “It was clear [in the Republican revised committee report] that the seeds were being sown for a legal challenge [to the VRA],” says Rick Hasen, a law professor at the University of California, Irvine. (4/?) https://t.co/Ijyl2JB6cr — PolitiTweet.org

Posted Jan. 11, 2022

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Amanda Becker @AmandaBecker

What was in that revised committee report? It detailed serious concerns (from Rs) about the statute and the process by which it had been renewed, even calling the Voting Rights Act a “tool for political and racial gerrymandering.” (3/?) https://t.co/Ijyl2JB6cr — PolitiTweet.org

Posted Jan. 11, 2022

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The Repub senators knew that if SCOTUS overturned VRA preclearance, it would be hard to restore it, b/c fellow Republican Jim Sensenbrenner of Wisconsin —a true supporter of voting access— would no longer be chairman of the House Judiciary Committee. (5/?) https://t.co/Ijyl2JB6cr — PolitiTweet.org

Posted Jan. 11, 2022