'BradCast' 6/3/2026 (Corrupt, Partisan SCOTUS Ends All Claim to Legitimacy with Mid-Election Alabama Ruling; Primary election results)

'BradCast' 6/3/2026 (Corrupt, Partisan SCOTUS Ends All Claim to Legitimacy with Mid-Election Alabama Ruling; Primary election results)

From The BradCast w/ Brad Friedman by Brad Friedman

June 4, 2026 · 58 min

About this episode

The episode discusses a controversial Supreme Court ruling allowing racially-gerrymandered maps in Alabama and its implications for voting rights and upcoming elections.

On today's 'BradCast': The corrupted rightwing supermajority on the U.S. Supreme Court released their worst, most corrupt, most partisan ruling to date. The Court allowed Alabama's Republican-controlled legislature to implement new, racially-gerrymandered U.S. House maps that a lower court had twice found intentionally discriminated against Black voters, in violation of both the Voting Rights Act and the U.S. Constitution. The rightwing justices' 'shadow docket' ruling also allows Alabama to toss out its May 19 primary election results and hold new elections under the new racially-discriminatory maps. The heinous ruling underscores that pro-democracy Americans must continue the fight for voting rights and court reform. Also today: preliminary 2026 midterm primary election results in California, Iowa, Montana, New Jersey, New Mexico and South Dakota.

People in this episode

Host: Brad Friedman

Topics covered

  • Supreme Court ruling
  • voting rights
  • racial gerrymandering
  • midterm elections
  • political corruption

Keywords

  • Supreme Court
  • Alabama
  • gerrymandering
  • voting rights
  • primary election results
  • politics
  • corruption

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: U.S. Supreme Court, Voting Rights Act

Places: Alabama, California, Iowa, Montana, New Jersey, New Mexico, South Dakota

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