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Articles in Category: Voting Rights Act

SCOTUS and the ‘Growing Lower Court Rebellion’ by Trump Judges: ‘BradCast’ 12/13/2023

Guest: Legal journalist Mark Joseph Stern; Also: Dow tops record high; Chutkan pauses Trump case; Hunter Biden pushes back at U.S. Capitol; House GOP votes to open revenge Impeachment inquiry...

Federal Appeals Court Ruling Threatens to Gut Last Critical Section of Voting Rights Act: ‘BradCast’ 11/27/2023

Guest: ACLU voting rights attorney Jonathan Topaz; Also: Israel-Hamas truce extended for two more days amid more hostage releases...

Good News After Bad: ‘BradCast’ 10/26/2023

Grim news in Maine, Acapulco and the U.S. House, followed by much better news in Colorado, Georgia, and for union workers of the UAW...

The Old Normal (But With Democracy Itself and Life on Earth at Stake): ‘BradCast’ 10/5/2023

Media woefully misleads on Biden and the border wall; AL to finally add second Black-majority House district; September heat 'gobsmackingly bananas'; Prez warns democracy in peril in perfectly normal interview...

‘The Next 18 Months Are Going to be a Bumpy Ride’ (or, ‘I Can’t Fight This Feeling Anymore’): ‘BradCast’ 9/5/2023

Election officials grapple with Trump's Constitutional ballot disqualification; Also: Proud Boy boss gets 22 years for 1/6; Courts order lawless AL, FL to restore Black-majority U.S. House Districts...

Former AL Guv: U.S. Marshals Should Jail State A.G. for Defying SCOTUS: ‘BradCast’ 7/24/2023

Guest: Gov. Don Siegelman on GOP lawmakers ignoring Court order on racial gerrymander; Also: More on Democracy v. Autocracy and GOP efforts in MO, OH to undermine voters, abortion rights ballot measures...

The 2024 Stakes: Democracy v. Autocracy: ‘BradCast’ 7/20/2023

Becoming a single-issue voter is getting pretty easy; Also: Holding election officials accountable; Biden delivering on renewable energy projects in all 50 states; Madness in 'Darth Valley'...

Calling Out Roberts’ SCOTUS ‘Moderation’ Trick: ‘BradCast’ 7/12/2023

Guest: Legal journalist Mark Joseph Stern of Slate on that and other 'Major Questions' from our radical, activist, corrupted U.S. Supreme Court...

U.S. Courts Are Holding and Russia is…Teetering?: ‘BradCast’ 6/26/2023

Also: Unrelenting climate change-fueled weather pummels nation...

Stunningly Good News on the Voting Rights Act and Racial Gerrymandering from SCOTUS!: ‘BradCast’ 6/8/2023

Guest: Author, redistricting expert David Daley of FairVote; Also: House Republicans mutiny against House Republicans...

Republican Federal Courts Taking Aim at Section 2 of Voting Rights Act: ‘BradCast’ 1/14/2023

Guest: ACLU attorney Jonathan Topaz; Also: IA, NY GOPers charged with mass vote fraud; OH Guv signs bill restricting voting rights...

ELECTION 2022: It’s the Gerrymandering (and Corrupted Courts), Stupid: ‘BradCast’ 11/10/2022

Guest: Redistricting expert, author David Daley; Also: How Fox 'News' dupes followers via smartphone; Latest key Senate, House, Guv results...

KBJ Defends VRA on ‘Originalist’ Terms as SCOTUS Mulls Further Gutting of Landmark Voting Law: ‘BradCast’ 10/5/2022

Guest: Dan Vicuña of Common Cause; Also: Walker revelations prove GOP doesn't care about abortion or think it's 'murder'; Another court loss for Trump in stolen docs case...

Our Grueling, Necessary State-by-State Fight for Reproductive, Voting Rights: ‘BradCast’ 8/25/2022

Also: The corruption of Zinke in MT; The ridiculousness of Walker in GA; Much more...

Radical, Activist SCOTUS Torches EPA’s ‘Clean Air Act’ Mandate to Regulate Deadly Carbon Pollution: ‘BradCast’ 6/30/2022

Guest: Slate's Mark Joseph Stern on that and much more on the final day of the corrupt rightwing Supreme Court's unprecedented term...

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Guest: Election expert Marilyn Marks on GA 2018 Lt. Gov. election contest as state moves to unverifiable barcoded ballots; Also: FL 2020 GOP power-grab update; IA Repubs vote to NOT count absentee ballots...

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The Attempted 2018 Voter Suppression Begins: ‘BradCast’ 8/20/2018

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Appeals Court Blocks Last Route for Voters to Challenge Violations of the Voting Rights Act: ‘BradCast’ 5/19/2025

Guest: Justin Levitt, former Dep. Asst. A.G. at DOJ; Also: Springsteen sounds alarm; Far-right loses in Romania; SCOTUS blocks Trump again...

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