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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

⏱️ 15 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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This is CBS. I'm the world. I'm John Batchelor. I welcome Professor Richard Epstein of the Civitas Institute teaches law at NYU in the University of Chicago. We turn to the Supreme Court within these last days.

0:39.8

New York Times reporting, the Supreme Court appear poised to weaken a key provision of a landmark

0:46.8

civil rights law by sharply limiting the ability of lawmakers to use race as a factor in drawing

0:53.6

voting right maps, which could lead to

0:56.6

widespread redistricting efforts. If, writes the Times, the justice is determined that lawmakers

1:02.8

cannot consider race when drawing districts, the consequences for the country's political balance

1:08.3

could be sweeping. The decision could end the practice endorsed by the court for decades of crafting congressional

1:16.4

districts with the purpose of helping minority voters elect the candidate of their choice.

1:22.8

Richard, a very good evening to you.

1:24.5

I believe this is called gerrymandering.

1:27.2

What is the Voting Rights Act of 1964 that's been challenged and how is it challenged? Good evening to you.

1:33.7

Well, there are a number of provisions, the dominant one section five and so forth, all start to say that you are able to keep all of these particular districts under government observation and control to make sure that they

1:45.8

don't engage in various forms of racial discrimination that were common in the South.

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