American Democracy on Fire (with Steve Vladeck and Moira Donegan)

About this episode

The episode discusses the current state of American democracy and the implications of a recent Supreme Court decision on voting rights.

In this episode of On The Issues, we confront American democracy on fire. How did we get here and who lit the match? In a 6-3 decision in Louisiana v. Callais, the United States Supreme Court gutted a fundamental provision of the 1965 Voting Rights Act (VRA), landmark legislation enacted by Congress at the height of the civil rights movement to eradicate entrenched patterns of voter suppression and promote equality at the ballot box. With key mandates in the VRA now eviscerated under th...

People in this episode

Host: Dr. Michele Goodwin

Guests: Steve Vladeck, Moira Donegan

Topics covered

• American democracy
• Voting Rights Act
• voter suppression
• Supreme Court decisions
• civil rights
• equality at the ballot box

Keywords

• American democracy
• Voting Rights Act
• voter suppression
• Supreme Court
• civil rights
• equality
• Louisiana v. Callais

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: United States Supreme Court

Books & works: Voting Rights Act

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