Giles v. Harris

5-4

Prologue Projects

News Commentary, News, Government

4.6 • 3.2K Ratings

🗓️ 17 January 2023

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Don't get it twisted: "the point" whizzing high over the heads of Supreme Court justices is a tradition as old as the Court itself. This case, where the Court holds that it cannot declare discriminatory voter registration unconstitutional because that would "legitimize it," proves our case.

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0:00.0	Let's talk about Jackson Giles.
0:02.0	Hold on, are we saying Giles?
0:03.3	I was saying Giles.
0:04.4	Oh, is it Giles?
0:05.2	I doubt anyone knows, so...
0:06.5	We can go with Giles.
0:11.6	Hey everyone, this is Leon from Fiasco and Prologg Projects.
0:15.5	On this week's episode of Five to Four,
0:17.6	Gieter, Riannon, and Michael are talking about Giles v. Harris.
0:22.1	This case from 1903 centers on voter registration practices
0:26.2	that discriminated against black citizens.
0:28.1	The holding in this case helped usher in the Jim Crow era,
0:31.8	setting the stage for another century of inequality in the United States.
0:35.6	As you'll hear, we still see echoes of this case in our contemporary politics,
0:40.4	and not in a good way.
0:41.7	This is Five to Four, a podcast about how much the Supreme Court sucks.
0:52.5	Welcome to Five to Four, where we dissect and analyze the Supreme Court cases
0:56.9	that have flattened our civil rights,
0:59.1	like a four-wheeled high-flyer, fayton carriage, flattening a local streetersian.
1:03.5	That's right.
1:05.6	I'm Peter.
1:07.2	I'm here with Michael.
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