Equity, Justice, Love
In The Thick
Futuro Media
4.9 • 1.9K Ratings
🗓️ 28 June 2023
⏱️ 41 minutes
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Summary
Julio and guest co-host Fernanda Santos discuss the latest Supreme Court decisions and the Wagner Group in Russia. In our roundtable, Karlton Laster, Director of Policy and Organizing at Outfront Minnesota, and Marshall Martinez, Executive Director of Equality New Mexico, join Julio to unpack how Minnesota and New Mexico became sanctuary states for the trans community.
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| 0:00.0 | FUTURO |
| 0:08.8 | From FUTURO Media and PRX, it's In The Thick, a podcast about politics, race, and culture. |
| 0:14.1 | I'm Julio Ricardo Guadrera, and I'm Fernanda Santos. |
| 0:17.4 | No, Fernanda. |
| 0:18.9 | Hello, Julio. |
| 0:20.2 | Editorial director of FUTURO Media. |
| 0:22.4 | You ready to talk some news? |
| 0:23.6 | Let's. |
| 0:24.4 | Let's. So it's the end of June, and it means traditionally, right, that a lot of Supreme |
| 0:29.0 | Court decisions are happening. |
| 0:31.6 | And one of them concerns a legal theory, which is known as the independent state legislature. |
| 0:38.3 | And it came up in a case known as Moore versus Harper, which was filed by Republicans in |
| 0:43.0 | North Carolina. |
| 0:44.0 | So let's break down the theory. |
| 0:46.6 | State legislatures would have the power to make all sorts of decisions on elections, |
| 0:52.2 | including what ballots are counted, where district lines are drawn, and maybe even who |
| 0:57.4 | is certified the winner. |
| 0:59.4 | So, you know, looking through the democracy lens, all of that could be really problematic |
| 1:05.8 | and incredibly partisan. |
| 1:08.0 | However, on Tuesday, the Supreme Court of the United States of America, they essentially |
| 1:13.2 | rejected that theory. |
| 1:14.4 | So, win for democracy, I guess. |
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