@ISSUE • The U.S. Supreme Court's Calais decision reinterprets the 1965 Voting Rights Act. What will the impact be for Mississippi?
About this episode
The episode discusses the implications of the U.S. Supreme Court's decision on the Voting Rights Act and its effects on Mississippi.
Last week the United States Supreme Court ruled 6-3 that Louisiana's newly drawn congressional district should not have used race as a factor. Does the 1965 Voting Rights Act remain "substantially intact," as Republican Lucien Smith claims? Or has it been "nullified with the stroke of a pen," as Democrat Brandon Jones laments? Brandon and Lucien join host Wilson Stribling to discuss this momentous decision and its impact on Mississippi. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
People in this episode
Host: Wilson Stribling
Guests: Lucien Smith, Brandon Jones
Topics covered
- Supreme Court
- Voting Rights Act
- Mississippi politics
- racial factors in redistricting
- impact of court decisions
Keywords
- Supreme Court
- Voting Rights Act
- Mississippi
- redistricting
- race
- Lucien Smith
- Brandon Jones
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: U.S. Supreme Court, Louisiana, 1965 Voting Rights Act
Places: Mississippi
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