Louisiana v. Callais
5-4
Prologue Projects
4.5 • 3.7K Ratings
🗓️ 7 May 2026
⏱️ 62 minutes
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Summary
The end of the Voting Rights Act, brought to you by the Supreme Court.
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| 0:00.0 | We will hear argument first this morning in case 24109, Louisiana versus Calais. |
| 0:08.5 | Hey everyone. This is Leon from Prologue Projects. On this episode of 5 to 4, Peter, Riannon, and Michael are talking about Louisiana v. Calais, the decision from just last week that essentially ended the Voting Rights Act. |
| 0:23.1 | 5-4 started this year with a two-part series on the VRA, which was designed to eliminate racial |
| 0:28.2 | discrimination in voting and was long considered a crown jewel of the civil rights movement. |
| 0:33.4 | Part of the VRA allowed and sometimes required race-conscious redistricting to protect against |
| 0:38.6 | racist gerrymandering that diluted the power of minority voters. |
| 0:42.5 | But in Calais, the Supreme Court took up the question of whether the creation of these |
| 0:46.7 | majority-minority districts as a remedy for vote dilution was an unconstitutional, race-based |
| 0:52.1 | classification. |
| 0:53.2 | In a 6-3 decision, the court ruled that it was, |
| 0:56.3 | effectively gutting what was left with the VRA once and for all. This is 5 to 4, a podcast about how much |
| 1:02.5 | the Supreme Court sucks. Welcome to 5 to 4, where we dissect and analyze the Supreme Court cases that have lost track of our civil rights, like my doctor losing my test results. |
| 1:19.5 | I'm Peter. |
| 1:20.3 | I'm here with Michael. |
| 1:21.5 | Hey, everybody. |
| 1:22.8 | And Rianid. |
| 1:23.6 | Hello. |
| 1:25.3 | Brief story, folks, before we get started. |
| 1:28.0 | No, Michael and I didn't ask a follow-up question or anything. |
| 1:31.8 | I'm happy to jump into the- Well, that's because I've already complained. |
| 1:34.1 | Contact of the episode today. |
| 1:36.8 | No, I'm going to complain because I've got a minor surgical procedure coming up in a few days, |
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