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Rhiannon12866

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Mon May 11, 2026, 01:50 AM 13 hrs ago

The SCOTUS Voting Rights Ruling Was Political -- Not Legal - Thom Hartmann



Best-selling author David Daley and Thom discuss how Chief Justice John Roberts has successfully led a decades-long campaign to dismantle the Voting Rights Act (VRA), culminating in a landmark ruling on April 29, 2026.

In Louisiana v. Callais, the Supreme Court's 6-3 conservative majority "gutted" what many considered the law's last remaining pillar by making it significantly harder to challenge racially discriminatory voting maps. - 05/10/2026.

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