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Sep 2023
24m 8s

SCOTUS Hostility Toward Voting Rights

Senator Sheldon Whitehouse
About this episode

The Roberts Court is an unelected body, but its recent decisions have led to more restrictions on Americans’ right to vote.  

 

In this episode of Making the Case, Senator Whitehouse is joined again by Rep. Hank Johnson, and former Attorney General Eric Holder. They walk through the Court’s decision in Shelby County vs. Holder (yes, the same Holder on this episode), the ripple effect that decision had on voting in America, and some ways this captured Court could be un-captured.

 

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