Jeffries Puts Voting Rights, Supreme Court Overhaul at Center of 2026 Midterms
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Updated · Democracy Docket · Aug 14
Jeffries Puts Voting Rights, Supreme Court Overhaul at Center of 2026 Midterms
1 articles · Updated · Democracy Docket · Aug 14
Summary
Atlanta remarks from House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries cast restoring voting rights and pursuing sweeping Supreme Court reform as top Democratic goals if the party retakes Congress and the White House.
Jeffries tied that agenda to recent court rulings, saying decisions including Shelby County, Rucho, Citizens United, Callais and Trump v. United States eroded democracy, enabled gerrymandering and expanded presidential immunity.
November's midterms are the immediate target: Jeffries said Democrats must flip red seats, "cut" Trump's presidency legislatively in half and coordinate with civil-rights, labor, faith and civil-liberties groups to protect voting.
1965's Voting Rights Act remains central to that push after Democrats twice passed the John Lewis Voting Rights Act under Biden, only to see it die in the Senate when moderates refused to end the filibuster.