Is There Anything Left of the Voting Rights Act?

About this episode

Leigh Ann Caldwell joins Peter to discuss the Supreme Court's ruling on the Voting Rights Act and the resulting political implications.

Leigh Ann Caldwell joins Peter to break down the Supreme Court’s recent blow to the Voting Rights Act, ruling that Louisiana must eliminate a majority-Black congressional district—which was quickly followed by Florida passing a new congressional map that could wipe out four sitting Democrats before the year is out. Then Leigh Ann weighs in on the escalating tension between John Thune and Mike Johnson, where the friction between the two chambers appears to have reached a new low. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

People in this episode

Host: Peter

Guest: Leigh Ann Caldwell

Topics covered

• Voting Rights Act
• Supreme Court
• congressional districts
• political tension
• Democrats
• redistricting

Keywords

• Voting Rights Act
• Supreme Court
• Louisiana
• Florida
• congressional map
• John Thune
• Mike Johnson
• political tension
• redistricting

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Supreme Court, Florida, Louisiana

Places: Louisiana, Florida

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