Democrats DEMAND Biden pack the Supreme Court with liberal justices after president decried 'deeply disappointing' ruling upholding Arizona's new election rules, saying it 'undermines voting rights'
The US Supreme Court upheld Republican-backed Arizona voting rules in its final decision of the 2020-2021 term on Thursday
President Biden said he was 'deeply disappointed' by the ruling and urged Congress to pass voting rights legislation
Lawmakers responded by telling Biden to expand the court with liberal justices
Sen Ed Markey tweeted: 'Today’s ruling is another blow to voting rights. We must expand the Supreme Court'
Rep Mondaire Jones declared: 'Expand the damn court'
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi branded the ruling an 'unprecedented assault on voting rights'
Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer called it 'jaw-dropping' and 'unconscionable'
The GOP called the decision a 'resounding victory for voter integrity'
By Rob Crilly and Megan Sheets For Dailymail.com and Reuters
Published: 01:31 EDT, 2 July 2021 | Updated: 01:54 EDT, 2 July 2021
Democrats are demanding that President Joe Biden pack the US Supreme Court with liberal justices after it upheld Republican-backed Arizona voting rules in its final decision of the 2020-2021 term.
Biden expressed his disappointment in the ruling on Thursday and called on Congress to restore fundamental voting rights, saying: 'In a span of just eight years, the Court has now done severe damage to two of the most important provisions of the Voting Rights Act of 1965 – a law that took years of struggle and strife to secure.
'After all we have been through to deliver the promise of this nation to all Americans, we should be fully enforcing voting rights laws, not weakening them.'
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