Congressman Troy Carter Denounces Supreme Court’s Ruling to Dilute the Voices of Black Voters

NEW ORLEANS, L.A. – Today, Congressman Troy A. Carter, Sr. released the following statement after the Supreme Court released a shadow docket ruling reinstating Louisiana's GOP-drawn, unrepresentative congressional maps.

“Wars were fought, movements were launched, and constitutional amendments were passed to give every American of every race and gender full citizenship and the right to vote.

“Today, the Supreme Court released a shadow docket ruling that sends Louisiana back to our tarnished history of diminishing and silencing the voices of African Americans.

“It is shameful that the court refused to let the process here in Louisiana play out to draw maps that fairly represent the population of Louisiana.

“We need maps that follow the math and give Black Louisianians their rightful representation in our democratic system. There should be no political gamesmanship when it comes to our representative democracy.

“This Supreme Court is out of control in so many ways, but this and other recent rulings make one thing is clear: It will stop at nothing to silence the voice of Black and Brown voters in the South and across the country.

“Today shows that many of these justices are partisan hacks, loyal not to the Constitution, but to a far-right political agenda.

“We must speak in one voice against the age-old pattern of silencing and diluting Black votes and voices in our democratic system.

“While the forces of injustice may have won this battle we, as we have before, will win the war.”

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