Jeffries threatens ‘massive’ judicial reform following Supreme Court voting rights decision

Published May 11, 2026 6:17pm ET | Updated May 11, 2026 6:17pm ET



House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) said Democrats need to pursue judicial reform after the Supreme Court handed Republicans a victory by repealing a section of the Voting Rights Act permitting redistricting by race.

Jeffries criticized the decision, saying on MS Now Saturday, it threw the “American South back into the Jim Crow era” and encouraged reform as a response.

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