We'll hear argument first this morning in case 1296 Shelby County versus

Holder. Mr. Ryan? Hey everyone this is Leon Nefak, co-creator of Fiasco and

Slowburn. On today's episode of 5-4 Peter, Rianne and Michael are talking

about Shelby County V-Holder, a decision that rolled back federal protections

for minority voters. By 5-4 the US Supreme Court today took a teeth out of a law

enacted nearly 50 years ago. Before Shelby some states had to get clearance from

the federal government before changing their election laws but in this ruling

the court held that it was unfair to single out states just because of their

long history of racist policies. It is wrong to deny any of your fellow America

the right to vote in this country.

This is 5-4, a podcast about how much the Supreme Court sucks.

All right welcome to 5-4 podcast where we dissect and analyze the Supreme

Court decisions that have washed over American life like waves over the rocks

reducing once proud boulders to Sandy Rubble.

Episode 4 and my metaphors to open the show are getting unbelievably intricate.

I am Peter, Twitter's the law boy I'm here with Michael. Hey everybody and from

Austin Texas, Rianne. Hi. And we are the only legal podcast featuring a woman,

a man and a boy.

And today we are covering Shelby County V-holder case that asks a lot of big

questions like is there still racism and follow up questions like are you

sure are you sure there's still racism? It's a case that dismantled key

protections within the Voting Rights Act of 1965 allowing states to

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