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Federalist Radio Hour

The Critical Election Integrity Battles That Will Define 2026

Federalist Radio Hour

Radio America

News, News Commentary, Politics

4.53.3K Ratings

🗓️ 23 January 2026

⏱️ 34 minutes

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Summary

On this episode of The Federalist Radio Hour, Public Interest Legal Foundation President J. Christian Adams joins Federalist Senior Elections Correspondent Matt Kittle to discuss the ongoing legal battles over election integrity and redistricting and share more about a recent Supreme Court win. 

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0:00.0

And we are back with another edition of the Federalist Radio Hour.

0:23.5

I'm Matt Kittle, senior elections correspondent at The Federalist and your experience,

0:28.1

Sherpa, on today's quest for knowledge.

0:31.0

As always, you can email the show at Radio at the Federalist.com.

0:35.8

Follow us on X at FDRLST. Make sure to subscribe wherever you

0:39.7

download your podcast and, of course, to the premium version of our website as well.

0:44.8

Our guest today is Jay Christian Adams, president and general counsel for the public interest

0:50.0

legal foundation. And we talk about the critical topic of election integrity and the battles ahead

0:59.1

in this critical midterm election year. Christian, thank you so much for joining us on this edition

1:05.1

of the Federalist Radio Hour. Thank you so much for having me. Great to be here.

1:09.0

Absolutely. We have a lot of ground to cover,

1:11.5

as they used to say in the Smoky and the Bandit song, we've got a long way to go, but a short

1:16.7

time to get there or something like that. We're beginning our conversation today with the big

1:22.6

story, a Supreme Court decision that I think will have a significant effect moving forward.

1:30.0

It addresses standing of political candidates.

1:35.0

The Supreme Court ruling on that case as we speak.

1:38.0

I was wondering if we could delve into that and what that will all mean moving forward.

1:43.1

Yeah.

1:43.4

So it's the Bost case, was decided by the Supreme Court effectively, I think,

1:48.9

four to two to two. And the big issue there that's important is who can sue for violations of

1:58.2

election law. Now, the good news, there's good news and bad news,

2:01.6

just so we can do both.

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