SCOTUS Decides on the Voting Rights Act

About this episode

The episode discusses the Supreme Court's decision on the Voting Rights Act and its implications, along with various political and social topics.

Andrew Walworth, Tom Bevan, Carl Cannon and RCP Senior Elections Analyst Sean Trende discuss today’s Supreme Court’s decision on the Voting Rights Act and its possible impact on redistricting and the 2026 midterms. Then, they discuss yesterday’s appearances by King Charles, and recent revelations concerning the possible origins of the Covid virus and the alleged coverup of the so-called “lab leak theory". And then lastly, they discuss yesterday’s indictment of former FBI Director James Comey and FCC actions against Disney in the wake of the President and the First Lady’s calling for late night host Jimmy Kimmel to be fired over an on-air joke made by him last week. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See https://pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

People in this episode

Hosts: Tom Bevan, Carl Cannon

Guests: Andrew Walworth, Sean Trende

Topics covered

• Voting Rights Act
• Supreme Court
• redistricting
• 2026 midterms
• Covid origins
• lab leak theory
• James Comey indictment

Keywords

• Voting Rights Act
• Supreme Court
• redistricting
• Covid virus
• lab leak theory
• James Comey
• Disney
• FCC

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Organizations: FCC, Disney, RealClearPolitics, Simplecast, AdsWizz

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