Tiffany Muller, president of End Citizens United/Let America Vote, released the following statement on the twelve year anniversary of the Supreme Court’s ruling in Shelby County v. Holder: 

“Twelve years ago today, the Supreme Court’s radical conservative bloc tore down a cornerstone of American civil rights. By gutting key provisions of the Voting Rights Act, the Court greenlit a wave of racist, anti-voter state laws aimed at reviving the same kind of voter suppression that defined the Jim Crow South. 

“This disastrous decision was cheered on by many of the same Republicans who supported Trump’s attempt to overturn the 2020 election and are now rallying behind the SAVE Act—federal legislation designed to strip millions of eligible Americans of their right to vote.

“As assaults on our democracy escalate and the Supreme Court increasingly acts as the far right’s judicial enforcer, Congress must step up and protect our democracy. That’s why we’re committed to flipping the House and electing a Democratic majority that will fiercely defend every American’s access to the ballot box.”