Redistricting in Alabama and the Voting Rights Act — Part 2

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🗓️ 13 October 2022

⏱️ 54 minutes

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Last week, the Supreme Court heard oral arguments in Merrill v. Milligan. The Court will determine whether Alabama’s 2021 redistricting plan for its seven seats in the U.S. House of Representatives violates Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act of 1965, which prohibits racially discriminatory voting practices and procedures. Joining host Jeffrey Rosen to discuss whether Section 2 and the 14th and 15th Amendments to the Constitution require or forbids congressional districting plans to account for race are Rick Hasen of UCLA and Jason Torchinsky of Holtzman Vogel. Listen to “Redistricting in Alabama and the Voting Rights Act – Part 1” here. Questions or comments about the show? Email us at podcast@constitutioncenter.org. Continue today’s conversation on Facebook and Twitter using @ConstitutionCtr. Sign up to receive Constitution Weekly, our email roundup of constitutional news and debate, at bit.ly/constitutionweekly. You can find transcripts for each episode on the podcast pages in our Media Library.

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0:00.0	Hello, I'm Jeffrey Rosen, president and CEO of the National Constitution Center, and welcome
0:08.8	to We The People, a weekly show of constitutional debate.
0:12.3	The National Constitution Center is a nonpartisan nonprofit chartered by Congress to increase awareness
0:18.2	and understanding of the Constitution among the American people.
0:22.2	Last week, the Supreme Court heard oral arguments in Merrill versus Milligan.
0:26.6	The court will decide whether Alabama's 2021 redistricting plan violated Section 2 of the Voting
0:32.3	Rights Act.
0:33.2	Joining me to discuss Section 2,
0:35.8	and the stakes in this important case
0:38.4	are two of America's leading experts in election law.
0:41.9	Rick Hasen is Professor of Law and director of the Safeguarding
0:45.0	Democracy Project at UCLA. His most recent book is Cheap Speech, how disinformation
0:50.2	poisons our politics and how to cure it.
0:52.6	Rick, it is wonderful to have you back on We The People.
0:55.0	It's always great to be with you, Jeff.
0:57.0	And Jason Tortinsky is a partner at Holzman Vogel,
1:00.0	specializing in campaign finance law, election law, and lobbying disclosure.
1:04.9	He filed an amicus brief in Merrill versus Milligan on the side of Alabama
1:08.9	on behalf of the National Republican Redistricting Trust.
1:12.0	Jason, it's wonderful to have you back on the show as well.
1:14.8	Great, thanks for having me.
1:16.1	Let us begin with the stakes in this important case.
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