{"id":214755,"date":"2026-04-29T23:04:27","date_gmt":"2026-04-29T23:04:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/214755\/"},"modified":"2026-04-29T23:04:27","modified_gmt":"2026-04-29T23:04:27","slug":"zohran-mamdani-criticizes-supreme-court-ruling-on-voting-rights-act","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/214755\/","title":{"rendered":"Zohran Mamdani criticizes Supreme Court ruling on Voting Rights Act"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani (D) slammed a recent Supreme Court ruling on the Voting Rights Act, saying the decision \u201crisks disenfranchising millions.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cToday\u2019s Supreme Court decision is a direct assault on the promise of the Voting Rights Act. It risks disenfranchising millions of Americans along racial lines and weakening the very foundation of our democracy,\u201d Mamdani said in a post on the <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/NYCMayor\/status\/2049561010730586306\" rel=\"nofollow\">social platform X on <\/a>Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDemocracy is not self-sustaining. We must build, preserve, and defend it together,\u201d he added. \u201cHere in New York City, we will always lead a government of, by, and for the people \u2014 all of the people.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>On Wednesday, the Supreme Court declared Louisiana\u2019s addition of a second majority-Black congressional district an unconstitutional racial gerrymander. The decision, 6-3, weakened a <a href=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/regulation\/court-battles\/5854770-supreme-court-voting-rights-act\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">central provision of the Voting Rights Act.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act has historically enabled advocacy groups to force additional majority-minority districts. Wednesday\u2019s decision does not get rid of the provision as a whole, with Justice Samuel Alito portraying it as an \u201cupdate\u201d to the framework that has governed Voting Rights Act cases for decades.<\/p>\n<p>Alito said the Constitution does not allow for Louisiana\u2019s new majority\u2013Black district.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat map is an unconstitutional gerrymander, and its use would violate the plaintiffs\u2019 constitutional rights,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/regulation\/court-battles\/5854837-read-supreme-court-ruling-voting-rights-act-louisiana-callais\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Alito wrote<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Mamdani\u2019s fellow New Yorker, Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D), blasted the decision, calling it \u201cawful.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe consequence is as clear as it is dangerous: fewer protections for voters, more power for politicians to draw maps that silence them, particularly voters historically disenfranchised,\u201d Schumer said in a statement.<\/p>\n<p>Copyright 2026 Nexstar Media Inc. 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