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Feb 2022
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SCOTUS Restores Alabama Voting Map In Bl...

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In a new controversial ruling, the Supreme Court restores a GOP-drawn Congressional map in Alabama, which was previously blocked by the lower court. Rick Hasen, Professor of Law at the University of California Irvine and Derrick Johnson, President of the NAACP, join to discuss why the move hurts black voters and how it could impact the midterm elections.

As Trump hands over White House documents improperly taken to Mar-A-Lago, The Georgia prosecutor investigating his efforts to overturn the 2020 results says "subpoenas are coming". Plus, the Minnesota Gun Owners Caucus responds to the death of Amir Locke, calling it “completely avoidable’” and “yet another example where a no-knock warrant has resulted in the death of an innocent person” and a former New York Times editor takes the stand in Sarah Palin's defamation suit against the newspaper.

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