Maya Wiley on the Supreme Court’s Assault on Voting Rights

About this episode

Jim Wallis interviews Maya Wiley about the Supreme Court's decision impacting voting rights and its implications for democracy.

On this episode of the Jim Wallis Podcast , Jim Wallis talks with Maya Wiley , President and CEO of the Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights , about the Supreme Court decision that weakens the Voting Rights Act and threatens multiracial democracy.  Wiley explains  how the ruling ignores both the law and Congress’s intent,  why it opens the door to voter suppression and racial dilution, and  what faith leaders and ordinary people can do to fight back. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

People in this episode

Host: Jim Wallis

Guest: Maya Wiley

Topics covered

• Voting Rights
• Supreme Court
• Civil Rights
• Democracy
• Voter Suppression

Keywords

• Maya Wiley
• Voting Rights Act
• Supreme Court
• voter suppression
• civil rights

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights

Books & works: Voting Rights Act

Places: Supreme Court

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