The Death of the Voting Rights Act

How Wednesday’s Supreme Court decision in Louisiana v. Callais ran contrary to the Voting Rights Act—both as written by Congress and as previously interpreted by the Supreme Court. 

Guest: Jay Willis, editor-in-chief of Balls and Strikes.

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