AG ​Anthony Brown released the following statement in response to the Supreme Court of the United States’ decision in Louisiana v. Callais, in which the Court, in a 6-3 ruling, significantly weakened Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act of 1965, making it more difficult to challenge racially discriminatory redistricting maps:

“The Voting Rights Act of 1965 was written because generations of Americans, Black Americans in particular, were systematically locked out of the fundamental right that makes all other rights possible: the right to vote. Today, the Supreme Court dealt a devastating blow to that law, and to the people it was written to protect. This decision guts a signature achievement of the civil rights movement and moves the nation away from its highest ideals.[…]" – AG Anthony Brown