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!["John Lewis marched and bled so the Voting Rights Act could become law," the ad's narrator says.
"But now [Chief Justice] John Roberts and his Supreme Court are set to destroy his legacy."
"In 1965, opponents of voting rights swung clubs on a bridge in Selma," the narrator continues.
"Today, they sit on the highest court."
Brian Fallon, Demand Justice's executive director, said the group is airing the ad for two reasons.
The first "is to bring attention to this case and maybe shame Roberts and at least one other
conservative out of gutting what remains of the Voting Rights Act" as Republican lawmakers in
several states seek to make it harder to vote, he said in an interview.
The second is to pressure Congress to pass the John Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act, which
Sen. Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.) introduced last year after Lewis' death. The bill was co-sponsored by the
entire Democratic caucus as well as Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) but never made it out of
committee.
The legislation would restore Voting Rights Act protections dismantled by the Supreme Court in an
earlier case, Shelby County v. Holder. Pushing for its passage is also an implicit endorsement of
scrapping the filibuster, Fallon said, since "any meaningful push to pass the John Lewis Act" would
require doing so.
The new ad also urges Congress to "reform the Supreme Court" – a reference to progressive
proposals to add more seats to the court, create term limits and adopt other changes.
The Biden administration is working to set up a bipartisan commission to study such reforms, which
President Joe Biden pledged to do during the campaign.](/v2/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcontent.bartleby.com%2Fqna-images%2Fquestion%2F83d6af56-0122-4017-bbb4-659aadb9233d%2Fe5cad66d-9832-44d4-8c16-d54eee8744fc%2Fyt6u23j_processed.jpeg&w=3840&q=75)
Transcribed Image Text:"John Lewis marched and bled so the Voting Rights Act could become law," the ad's narrator says.
"But now [Chief Justice] John Roberts and his Supreme Court are set to destroy his legacy."
"In 1965, opponents of voting rights swung clubs on a bridge in Selma," the narrator continues.
"Today, they sit on the highest court."
Brian Fallon, Demand Justice's executive director, said the group is airing the ad for two reasons.
The first "is to bring attention to this case and maybe shame Roberts and at least one other
conservative out of gutting what remains of the Voting Rights Act" as Republican lawmakers in
several states seek to make it harder to vote, he said in an interview.
The second is to pressure Congress to pass the John Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act, which
Sen. Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.) introduced last year after Lewis' death. The bill was co-sponsored by the
entire Democratic caucus as well as Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) but never made it out of
committee.
The legislation would restore Voting Rights Act protections dismantled by the Supreme Court in an
earlier case, Shelby County v. Holder. Pushing for its passage is also an implicit endorsement of
scrapping the filibuster, Fallon said, since "any meaningful push to pass the John Lewis Act" would
require doing so.
The new ad also urges Congress to "reform the Supreme Court" – a reference to progressive
proposals to add more seats to the court, create term limits and adopt other changes.
The Biden administration is working to set up a bipartisan commission to study such reforms, which
President Joe Biden pledged to do during the campaign.
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