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Supreme Court Poised to Limit Racial Gerrymandering; War Powers Debate on Venezuela. Richard Epstein discusses how the Supreme Court appears ready to limit the use of race in drawing voting districts (racial gerrymandering), reflecting a shift towards col

The John Batchelor Show

John Batchelor

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4.52.8K Ratings

🗓️ 18 October 2025

⏱️ 7 minutes

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Supreme Court Poised to Limit Racial Gerrymandering; War Powers Debate on Venezuela. Richard Epstein discusses how the Supreme Court appears ready to limit the use of race in drawing voting districts (racial gerrymandering), reflecting a shift towards colorblind jurisprudence. However, the Court is likely to avoid restricting political gerrymandering. Separately, Professor Epstein argued the president's use of "narcoterrorism" to justify military action in Venezuela is inappropriate, noting that the War Powers Act is often circumvented.
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I'm John Batson with my good colleague Richard Epstein, teaches law at NYU in the University of Chicago. Most importantly, at the Civitas Institute, he's ready to answer this question.

0:35.7

Senators will force a vote to prevent war on Venezuela without approval from Congress.

0:41.4

The vote, according to the protocol that I've read, the vote is moved by Senator Kane of Virginia,

0:49.5

and there's a 10-day waiting period before the Senate must vote.

0:53.4

I believe that the spirit here is that the president is leaning towards violence in Venezuela

1:00.7

to remove Maduro, the dictator, and the regime that he has vouched safeties many years

1:07.6

that have led the people of Venezuela either to flee or live without food

1:12.0

security and medical security. All of that behind us, because right now the debate is, does the

1:18.2

President have the power to do this without Congress? War Powers Act indicates that it wants

1:24.6

to be consulted at the same time the President is using war on drugs and war on consulted at the same time, the president is using war on drugs

1:28.8

and war on terror at the same time. Is there a way to sort through this, Richard, or do we have

1:34.0

to wait on the Senate vote? Well, the Senate will solve something for at least 48 hours,

1:39.8

and then you're going to get another problem. I think the first thing one wants to do is to get rid of the narco-terrorism stuff.

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