OA312: Gerrymandering in North Carolina
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🗓️ 6 September 2019
⏱️ 67 minutes
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Summary
This week's episode breaks down the 357-page state court gerrymandering decision in North Carolina striking down that state's legislative districts. We explain in depth exactly what happened -- and exactly why cases like there are the future for political gerrymandering claims in light of the Supreme Court's decision in Rucho v. Common Cause.
We begin, however, with a couple of Andrew Was Wrong segments, including a sad update on Gavin Grimm as well as feedback from the entire state of Idaho!
Then, it's time for a deep dive into the recent ruling in North Carolina, which includes an analysis of both the facts -- featuring "Republicans and Non-Hispanic Whites" Dr. Evil stand-in Thomas Hofeller -- and the law. If political gerrymandering is now perfectly okay by the U.S. Supreme Court, what can we do? Listen and find out!
After that, it's time for a brief Yodel Mountain update regarding Don McGahn, as well as a Jeffrey Epstein update.
And then it's time for #T3BE on the formation of contract: when, exactly, does a contract to buy a truck get made? You won't want to miss this one.
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Show Notes & Links
- We last discussed Gavin Grimm's case in Episode 306.
- Click here to check out the populations of the various states, including Idaho.
- This is the North Carolina gerrymandering opinion.
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Transcript
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| 1:17.8 | Hello and welcome to Opening Arguments, this is episode 312. |
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