Rucho v. Common Cause
5-4
Prologue Projects
4.6 • 3.2K Ratings
🗓️ 20 October 2020
⏱️ 60 minutes
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Summary
The hosts reflect on the Amy Coney Barrett confirmation hearings, then move on to discussing gerrymandering, the practice of drawing up voting districts to favor a particular political party. Specifically, they talk about Rucho v. Common Cause, a 2019 case in which the Supreme Court not only refused to rule on two states’ gerrymandered maps, they found all partisan gerrymandering to be outside the purview of the Court going forward.
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| 0:00.0 | Well, your argument first this morning in case 18 422 Rucho versus Common Cause |
| 0:07.4 | Hey everyone, this is Katya Kumkova the producer of 5 to 4 |
| 0:11.9 | Leanne is off this week, but Peter, Rianne and Michael are here and they're talking about Jeremandering |
| 0:18.2 | The practice of drawing voting districts to favor a particular political party |
| 0:23.5 | The hosts are discussing Rucho versus Common Cause, a 2019 opinion that said no courts could rule on partisan Jeremandering going forward |
| 0:33.2 | For the first time ever, this court refuses to remedy a constitutional violation |
| 0:39.3 | because it thinks the task beyond judicial capabilities |
| 0:42.8 | Whichever party gains control of state legislatures in 2020 is going to get to set district maps for a decade |
| 0:49.1 | which will decide control of the US House for a decade |
| 0:53.2 | This is 5 to 4, a podcast about how much the Supreme Court sucks |
| 1:06.8 | Welcome to 5 to 4 where we dissect and analyze the Supreme Court cases that have |
| 1:13.6 | Saft oxygen from America's bloodstream like the novel coronavirus COVID-19 |
| 1:20.3 | I am Peter |
| 1:22.8 | I'm here with Michael |
| 1:24.8 | Hey everybody and Rianne |
| 1:27.0 | Hi friends |
| 1:28.2 | Today's episode is another in our mini series on the various anti-democratic practices and institutions that make America so uniquely mediocre |
| 1:38.6 | Today we are looking at Jeremandering the process of dividing up congressional districts to favor a specific party |
| 1:46.7 | But first we have to talk about the elephant in the room the extremely wide-eyed elephant in the room |
| 1:54.5 | Amy Coney Barrett's confirmation hearing it's been ongoing and the mommy elephant |
| 2:00.8 | Oh god |
| 2:02.7 | I've tried to watch portions of it. She's got kids |
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