Uploaded June 2026 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
Last week, the Supreme Court's right-wing supermajority handed down an unsigned shadow docket order that greenlights racial gerrymandering in Alabama and dramatically undermines voting rights protections nationwide.
By approving racially discriminatory maps, the high court’s MAGA wing has exposed its willingness to rewrite long established legal rules in darkness—without transparency or accountability. This order also reveals a disturbing disregard for extensive factual findings from lower courts—and flips the legal terrain for voting rights from protection to peril.
Amicus host Mark Joseph Stern reads a portion of Justice Sonia Sotomayor's dissent—and breaks down what she is really saying here.
Watch on YouTube for more and be sure to catch the whole episode, along with more bonus episodes that help you understanding the major decisions happening at the Supreme Court right now, by joining SlatePlus.
#scotus #supremecourt #podcast #votingrights #votingrightsact
Last week, the Supreme Court's right-wing supermajority handed down an unsigned shadow docket order that greenlights racial gerrymandering in Alabama and dramatically undermines voting rights protections nationwide.
By approving racially discriminatory maps, the high court’s MAGA wing has exposed its willingness to rewrite long established legal rules in darkness—without transparency or accountability. This order also reveals a disturbing disregard for extensive factual findings from lower courts—and flips the legal terrain for voting rights from protection to peril.
Amicus host Mark Joseph Stern reads a portion of Justice Sonia Sotomayor's dissent—and breaks down what she is really saying here.
Watch on YouTube for more and be sure to catch the whole episode, along with more bonus episodes that help you understanding the major decisions happening at the Supreme Court right now, by joining SlatePlus.
#scotus #supremecourt #podcast #votingrights #votingrightsact
