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Elections law expert Richard Hasen, a professor at UCLA Law School, discusses the Supreme Court’s decision that has crippled the landmark civil rights law, the Voting Rights Act. Mass torts expert Elizabeth Burch, a professor at the University of Georgia Law School, discusses Supreme Court oral arguments over Bayer’s bid to stop lawsuits claiming its Roundup herbicide should have been labeled as a cancer risk. She also discusses her new book, entitled “The Pain Brokers.” June Grasso hosts.

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