About this episode

The episode discusses federal judges blocking Alabama’s US House map due to racial discrimination and the Trump administration’s deregulatory failures.

Elections law expert Richard Briffault, a professor at Columbia Law School, discusses federal judges blocking Alabama’s US House map due to intentional racial discrimination. Then administrative law expert Cary Coglianese a professor at the University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School who directs the Penn Program on Regulation, discusses the Trump administration’s failing deregulatory strategy. June Grasso hosts See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

People in this episode

Host: June Grasso

Guests: Richard Briffault, Cary Coglianese

Topics covered

• elections law
• racial discrimination
• deregulation
• administrative law
• Trump administration
• federal judges

Keywords

• Alabama
• racial discrimination
• Trump administration
• deregulation
• elections law
• federal judges
• Cary Coglianese
• Richard Briffault

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Columbia Law School, University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School

Places: Alabama

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