About this episode
Sarah Isgur and David French discuss the Virginia State Supreme Court's decision on congressional maps and engage in a constitutional game.
Sarah Isgur and David French discuss the Virginia State Supreme Court striking down the state’s new congressional maps, Neal Katyal’s TED talk that we don’t want to talk about, and David plays a fun constitutional “Would You Rather” game. The Agenda:–Virginia’s gerrymandering map is unlawful–The left can’t get mad at the right when the right tried the independent state legislator argument–What really won the trillion-dollar Supreme Court case–Who is Harvey?–Shout out to the coolest AP Government teacher ever? Show Notes:–Supremely Cringe: Neal Katyal And ‘TED-Gate’ Order Sarah’s book here. 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
Hosts: Sarah Isgur, David French
Topics covered
- gerrymandering
- Supreme Court
- constitutional law
- TED talk
- politics
- Virginia
Keywords
- Virginia State Supreme Court
- gerrymandering
- Neal Katyal
- TED talk
- constitutional law
- politics
- Supreme Court
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Organizations: Virginia State Supreme Court, SCOTUSblog, The Dispatch
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