Episode 16 | Dem Maxxing and the VRA

About this episode

The episode discusses the Voting Rights Act and its implications following a recent Supreme Court decision.

Our hosts, law professor Ilan Wurman and Kathryn Johnson, cover everything Voting Rights Act in light of the Supreme Court's recent decision in Louisiana v. Callais. Why was the Voting Rights Act enacted, and how does it relate to the Fifteenth Amendment and the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment? What did the VRA accomplish? What did the Supreme Court do with Section 5 of the VRA in Shelby County, and was that case rightly decided? Is redistricting even covered by the langua...

People in this episode

Hosts: Ilan Wurman, Kathryn Johnson

Topics covered

• Voting Rights Act
• Supreme Court
• redistricting
• Fifteenth Amendment
• Equal Protection Clause

Keywords

• Voting Rights Act
• Supreme Court
• redistricting
• Fifteenth Amendment
• Equal Protection Clause
• Shelby County
• Louisiana v. Callais

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Voting Rights Act, Supreme Court, Louisiana v. Callais, Fifteenth Amendment, Equal Protection Clause, Section 5 of the VRA, Shelby County

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