The AME Church Commission on Social Action rejects any effort to normalize voter suppression through redistricting, legal technicalities, or judicial narrowing of civil rights protections. In Louisiana v. Callais, the Supreme Court weakened one of the last strong protections left in the Voting Rights Act by making it harder to challenge political maps that dilute the voting strength of Black and Brown communities. This ruling puts new weights on the ankles of people who have already had to run a long, hard race for freedom, fairness, and full citizenship. We cannot call this justice when the scales are tipped against the vulnerable. We cannot call this democracy when the voices of Black and Brown communities are split, diluted, and discounted by lines drawn to weaken their power. We cannot call this progress when the hard-won protections of the Voting Rights Act are being chipped away piece by piece, until the promise of equal representation is left bleeding in the road. Our witness is sacred.…