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The episode discusses the implications of a recent Supreme Court decision on the Voting Rights Act with expert David Daley.

The Voting Rights Act, enacted in 1965, and considered to be the most important civil rights legislation in American history, was effectively jettisoned by the ruling of the United States Supreme Court last week, according to our guest, David Daley, one of the leading experts in the country on the Act itself, and partisan and racial gerrymandering. The majority opinion in the case was written by Justice Samuel Alito and while he calls it an updating of the statute, others like Professor of law Richard Hasan, an elections law expert, begged to differ calling it an “earthquake” decision which sharply erodes the Voting Rights Act. With Section 5 of the Voting Rights Act already scrapped years back by the Roberts Court, and on the heels of the Louisiana vs. Callais decision last week, one is left to wonder what is left of protections for Black citizens across the South to ensure that their voices will count. I have had the privilege of interviewing Mr. Daley several times in the past. Never have I heard his words as impassioned and compelling as those he brings to this podcast. You will walk away with history surrounding this vitally important legislation, the immediate…

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