Washington (July
1, 2021) – U.S. Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) released the following
statement today after the U.S. Supreme Court ruled
for
Brnovich. Senator Markey, Congressman Mondaire Jones (NY-17),
Chairman Jerrold Nadler (NY-10), and Chairman Hank Johnson (GA-04)
introduced
legislation to expand the Supreme Court from
9 to 13 Justices.
“Today’s ruling is another blow to
voting rights in America, on top of the tsunami of voter suppression laws
moving in state legislatures across the country. Donald
Trump and Senator Mitch McConnell stole two Supreme Court seats
and are using this new conservative majority to suppress the
right to vote nationwide. We have no time to waste in
our efforts to protect the right to vote. We
must abolish the filibuster and pass the For the People
Act and the John Lewis Voting Rights Act this summer,
including protecting and expanding voting rights, passing automatic
voter registration and same day voter registration and ensuring those who have
served their time can vote again. We need to get dark money out of our
campaigns and we need to end partisan gerrymandering. And we must pass my Judiciary Act
of 2021 to expand the Supreme Court and restore balance to
our top court. If we fail to do so, it is a near-certainty that
the Court’s conservative majority will continue to rule in favor
of the far-right interests of those that orchestrated the theft
of these seats.”
