District Map Fights Before the 2026 Midterms

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David Lat joins Sarah Isgur to discuss recent legal battles over congressional maps and political lawsuits ahead of the 2026 Midterms.

David Lat joins Sarah Isgur (see ya later, French) to discuss the three-judge panel overturning Alabama’s congressional maps, a new lawsuit against President Donald Trump’s slush fund, and a lying Judge. The Agenda: –No redistricting according to race –Nonsense lawsuits –Dragging courts into political fights –Moving honey buns is interstate commerce –Sanction more judges? –Feeling Wicker-ty –The Arbitration Act is sexy! –Making clerks very uncomfortable Show Notes: –Pitchford v. Cain –Flowers Foods v. Brock –Rutherford v. United States –Fernandez v. United States–Wickard v. Filburn Advisory Opinions is a production of⁠ SCOTUSblog⁠ and⁠ The Dispatch⁠, a digital media company covering politics, policy, and culture from a nonpartisan perspective.⁠ Click here⁠ to sign up for our new Advisory Opinions newsletter, and⁠ click here⁠ to access all of The Dispatch’s offerings, including⁠ audio versions⁠ of all our articles and newsletters. If you’d like to remove all ads from your podcast experience, consider becoming a premium Dispatch member by⁠ clicking here⁠. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

People in this episode

Host: Sarah Isgur

Guest: David Lat

Topics covered

• redistricting
• lawsuits
• political fights
• judicial sanctions
• interstate commerce
• congressional maps

Keywords

• redistricting
• Alabama
• Donald Trump
• lawsuits
• judges
• politics
• midterms

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Alabama, SCOTUSblog, The Dispatch

Books & works: Advisory Opinions, Pitchford v. Cain, Flowers Foods v. Brock, Rutherford v. United States, Fernandez v. United States, Wickard v. Filburn

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