Supreme Court Guts Voting Rights Act & Bayer Litigation

About this episode

The episode discusses the Supreme Court's impact on the Voting Rights Act and Bayer's legal challenges regarding Roundup herbicide.

Elections law expert Richard Hasen, a professor at UCLA Law School, discusses the Supreme Court’s decision that has crippled the landmark civil rights law, the Voting Rights Act. Mass torts expert Elizabeth Burch, a professor at the University of Georgia Law School, discusses Supreme Court oral arguments over Bayer’s bid to stop lawsuits claiming its Roundup herbicide should have been labeled as a cancer risk. She also discusses her new book, entitled “The Pain Brokers.” June Grasso hosts. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

People in this episode

Host: June Grasso

Guests: Richard Hasen, Elizabeth Burch

Topics covered

• Voting Rights Act
• Supreme Court
• Bayer litigation
• elections law
• mass torts
• cancer risk
• legal discussions

Keywords

• Voting Rights Act
• Supreme Court
• Bayer
• Roundup
• cancer risk
• Richard Hasen
• Elizabeth Burch
• The Pain Brokers
• elections law
• mass torts

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: UCLA Law School, University of Georgia Law School

Products: Roundup

Books & works: The Pain Brokers

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