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deminks

(11,537 posts)
Fri May 8, 2026, 11:16 PM Friday

Just so I have this straight re SCrOTUS and VRA [View all]

https://www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/bert-callais-plaintiff-case-gutted-voting-rights-act-election-conspiracist-jan-6/

Exclusive: Bert Callais, lead plaintiff in case that gutted Voting Rights Act, is an election conspiracist who was at Jan. 6 protest

The lead plaintiff in the case that destroyed the Voting Rights Act (VRA) has a history of promoting false election conspiracies and anti-voting policies, and was at the Stop the Steal protest at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, before a deadly riot by pro-Trump insurrectionists.

In the original complaint in the case that became Louisiana v. Callais, Phillip “Bert” Callais was described simply as a “non-African American voter” from Brusly, Louisiana, whose congressional district changed after the state redrew its map. Callais, a veteran who lives near Baton Rouge, said in 2024 he was a member of his local board of supervisors.

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“This is f#€king insane, non citizens voting in our country,” Callais wrote in one re-post of an Elon Musk post that promoted a widely debunked conspiracy theory about noncitizen voting.

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And also Sammy Alito used fudged data to write his majority con job.

https://www.democraticunderground.com/10143662204

So, gutting the VRA was based on the conspiracy theories of a J6er and faulty data of a political actor performing as a SCrOTUS judge.

Got it.
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