Like many of his GOP colleagues, Sen. Richard Shelby (R-AL) won’t comment on whether he believes the Voting Rights Act — a centerpiece of which is in the Supreme Court’s crosshairs — is constitutional.
“I’m not a judge, you know,” he told TPM on Thursday, in response to a question in the Capitol.
The challenger, Shelby County of Alabama, argues that part of the 1965 law that requires specific state and local governments to pre-clear changes to their voting laws is unfair and outdated.
“I just follow it and read about it. I’m not a party to it,” Shelby said. “On that we are all promoting peoples’ right to vote — access and all this. But some people argue that ‘enough is enough’ and that’s the issue.”
