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The Voting Rights Act: The Dunce Corner

The Voting Rights Act: The Dunce Corner

FromThe Citizen's Guide to the Supreme Court


The Voting Rights Act: The Dunce Corner

FromThe Citizen's Guide to the Supreme Court

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Length:
55 minutes
Released:
Aug 28, 2016
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

In part one of a two part CLIFFHANGER (!!!), this week's episode introduces the Voting Rights Act, and specifically how it created a dunce corner for States who could not be trusted to pass fair, non-racist voting laws.  After the goodness of the statute is covered at length, Brett and Nazim discuss how the Supreme Court destroyed that part of the statute in Shelby County v. Holder.  General law talk begins around (03:44) but specific Voting Rights Act law starts at (10:10).
Released:
Aug 28, 2016
Format:
Podcast episode

Titles in the series (100)

Brett and Nazim are two attorneys who hate being attorneys. In lieu of practicing law, they have instead developed a podcast to help make the Supreme Court more accessible to the average person. Each week, Brett and Nazim will discuss current Supreme Court cases and how they affect your daily life, while also ruminating on how their dreams of fame and fortune resulted in jokes about Star Wars and wondering how Ruth Bader Ginsburg thinks about Facebook. This Podcast is for entertainment purposes only and is not legal advice. If anything you hear leads you to believe you need legal advice, please contact an attorney immediately.