Episode 164 | Explosive Week at Supreme Court with Major Cases on the Line

Episode 164 | Explosive Week at Supreme Court with Major Cases on the Line

From It's Complicated by Renato Mariotti & Asha Rangappa

March 27, 2026 · 48 min

About this episode

Asha and Renato discuss major Supreme Court cases affecting mail-in voting and recent missteps by the Trump administration's Justice Department.

This week, the Supreme Court heard arguments in Watson v. Republican National Committee, in a dispute over mail-in ballot deadlines. The GOP sued to block a Mississippi law, passed by a GOP-led legislature, that allows ballots to be counted if they’re postmarked by Election Day and received within five days. Asha and Renato discuss how the case could impact mail-in voting nationwide and why conservatives are increasingly targeting state election procedures. Then, they talk about the latest incompetent missteps at Trump’s Justice Department, including a DOJ attorney’s failure to timely serve a Washington state official after suing him for voter data. Finally, Renato and Asha turn to Minnesota’s lawsuit against the Trump administration after the DOJ and DHS refused to share crime scene materials with state investigators in the January shootings of Renee Good, Alex Pretti and another Minnesota resident by ICE and Border Patrol agents. Listen up! Asha Substack: https://asharangappa.substack.com/ Subscribe to our podcast: https://link.chtbl.com/its-complicated Follow Asha on Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/asharangappa.bsky.social Follow Renato on Bluesky…

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Hosts: Asha Rangappa, Renato Mariotti

Topics covered

  • Supreme Court
  • mail-in voting
  • election procedures
  • Trump administration
  • DOJ missteps
  • Minnesota lawsuit

Keywords

  • Supreme Court
  • mail-in ballots
  • Republican National Committee
  • Trump administration
  • DOJ
  • Minnesota lawsuit
  • election law

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Republican National Committee, Trump’s Justice Department, DOJ, DHS

Places: Mississippi, Minnesota

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