302: The Gerrymandering Wars

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🗓️ 9 May 2026

⏱️ 72 minutes

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Joyce Vance hosts #SistersInLaw to discuss Chief Justice Roberts’ defense of the SCOTUS against partisanship accusations, the controversy over its Louisiana v. Callais ruling and the immediate implementation of the decision, and Justice Jackson’s pushback on the court. Then, the #Sisters break down the escalating gerrymandering war, Trump’s pressure on Republicans to redraw maps mid-decade, and Democrats' possible responses. They also examine the FBI’s seizure of 2020 election records from Fulton County, Georgia, a federal judge’s refusal to return them, and suspicious FBI targeting of a Democratic state senator involved in Virginia redistricting.

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0:00.0	Welcome back to hashtag sisters-in-law with Jill Winebanks, Barb McQaeda, Kimberly Atkins store, and me, Joyce Vance.
0:19.7	We have got a news packed show today. There's lots going on.
0:24.5	Our three topics for today include the Supreme Court. What's going on there? We'll do a little
0:30.4	roundup for you. The most recent news on gerrymandering and the fallout from the Supreme Court's
0:36.7	decision in Calais. And of course,
0:39.4	the Fulton County ballots case where the Justice Department is still trying to relitigate the
0:45.0	2020 election for the audience of won, the president of the United States. Lots to dig into,
0:53.1	but before we get there, you know, we all need to lighten the mood a
0:56.9	little bit these days. And so in my fantasy life, I've been trying to think, what concert would
1:02.9	I like to go to? If I could get on a plane and meet anybody I wanted to, who would I want to see
1:09.2	perform live? So I'm curious what ideas you have.
1:13.3	Jill, do you want to start? Oh, God, no, but I will. That was quite the reaction. I didn't
1:21.5	think it was such an emotionally triggering question. Well, it is because I, first of all, the music I love is like from the late 50s, early 60s, but I think you want somebody who's still alive. Everybody I think of would have been, you know, people, I wish they could come back. Of course, I'd want to go with my husband,
1:44.9	because he's my favorite person. And although we don't always share the taste in music,
1:50.0	his choice would definitely be Bob Dylan, which also was probably the first live concert I ever
1:55.4	saw. I would have to say, I want to see Bet Midler again.
2:01.1	I love Ed Midler.
2:02.8	And she just puts on such a great show.
2:04.8	I saw her in concert and I saw her in a one woman show in New York.
2:08.1	And she's just fabulous.
2:09.5	She's one of my faves.
2:10.7	So I would say her.
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