Brnovich v. DNC, The Supreme Court, and Voting Rights

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🗓️ 9 July 2021

⏱️ 65 minutes

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Last week, the Supreme Court released its opinion in Brnovich v. Democratic National Committee—upholding two Arizona voting rules by deciding that they did not violate the Voting Rights Act or the Constitution and were not enacted with a racially discriminatory purpose. On this week’s episode, scholars debate whether that ruling was correct and how it might impact the future of voting rights and how elections are conducted in America. Host Jeffrey Rosen was joined by Rick Hasen, professor of law at the University of California Irvine, and Ilya Shapiro, a vice president at the Cato Institute. For more insight on this case from our guests, check out Rick Hasen’s recent pieces for Slate (https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2021/07/supreme-court-sam-alito-brnovich-angry.html) and The New York Times (https://www.nytimes.com/2021/07/01/opinion/supreme-court-rulings-arizona-california.html) and Ilya Shapiro’s recent pieces for The Washington Examiner (https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/politics/the-voter-suppression-lie) and SCOTUSblog (https://www.scotusblog.com/2021/02/supreme-court-needs-to-set-clear-standards-for-vote-denial-claims). Additional resources and transcript available at constitutioncenter.org/interactive-constitution/media-library. Questions or comments about the show? Email us at podcast@constitutioncenter.org.

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0:00.0	I'm Jeffrey Rosen, president and CEO of the National Constitution Center, and welcome
0:07.7	to We The People, Weekly Show of Constitutional Debate.
0:11.5	The National Constitution Center is a nonpartisan nonprofit chartered by Congress
0:16.1	to increase awareness and understanding of the Constitution among the American people.
0:21.2	Last week the Supreme Court decided
0:24.6	Bernovich versus Democratic National Committee,
0:28.3	upholding two Arizona voting requirements
0:30.8	in a major voting rights ruling.
0:33.1	Joining us to discuss that decision and its ramifications
0:36.8	for the meaning of Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act
0:40.3	are two of America's leading experts on voting rights and the Constitution who will cast much light on this important question.
0:47.5	Ilia Shapiro is a vice president of the Cato Institute,
0:50.7	director of the Robert A. Levy Center for Constitutional Studies, and publisher of the Cato Supreme Court Review.
0:57.0	He's the author of Supreme Disorder, Judicial Nominations, and the Politics of America's highest court.
1:02.0	Ilia, it is wonderful to have you back on the show. and the politics of America's highest court.
1:02.6	I'll yet it is wonderful to have you back on the show.
1:05.8	Great to be back with you, Jeff.
1:07.8	And Rick Hassan is Chancellor's Professor of Law and Political Science
1:11.8	at the University of California Irvine.
1:13.9	In 2020, he served as a CNN election law analyst.
1:18.3	He's the author of Election Meltdown, Dirty Tricks, Disrust, and The Threat threat to American democracy and the author of the
1:24.9	leading election blog.
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