About this episode

The episode discusses the Supreme Court's ruling on racial gerrymandering and its implications for the Voting Rights Act.

The Justices say the Voting Rights Act requires an inference of "intentional discrimination" before states can be ordered to draw minority-majority districts. Does this "gut" the VRA, as Democrats claim? How many House seats might be affected? And why has Justice Clarence Thomas argued the result might be less racial polarization? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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Host: Paul Gigot

Topics covered

• Supreme Court
• racial gerrymandering
• Voting Rights Act
• politics
• elections

Keywords

• Supreme Court
• racial gerrymandering
• Voting Rights Act
• House seats
• Clarence Thomas

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Organizations: Voting Rights Act, Democrats

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