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What A Day

This Supreme Court Could Change The Future of Elections

What A Day

Crooked Media

News, Daily News

4.6 • 12K Ratings

🗓️ 21 October 2025

⏱️ 24 minutes

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Summary

In two weeks, millions of Americans will be voting — but a Supreme Court case could change elections as we know them. Last week, the court heard arguments in Louisiana vs. Callais, a case that centers on Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act. Basically, the court is deciding whether or not states can use race to draw voting maps — and depending on what it decides, it could give Republicans the ability to eliminate at least six majority-minority districts and land about a dozen more seats in the House of Representatives. So we spoke to Stacey Abrams about the court’s deliberations. She’s the Host of Crooked Media’s Assembly Required and a New York Times Bestselling Author. And in headlines, Trump signs a critical minerals deal with the Prime Minister of Australia, universities publicly reject the Trump administration’s “Compact for Academic Excellence in Higher Education”, and House Speaker Mike Johnson, aka “Mad Mike,” yearns to be happy again as the shutdown heads into week three.

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0:00.0

It's Tuesday, October 21st. I'm Jane Koston, and this is What a Day, the show congratulating Fox News host Laura Ingram for doing business with President Donald Trump's family.

0:12.5

And no, not like she does pretty much every evening on her primetime show. Ingram is now a board member of a new special purpose acquisition company, or SPAC, led by none other than Donald Trump Jr.

0:24.7

Because why would you make money loudly supporting President Trump when you could also make money quietly supporting all of the Trumps?

0:45.0

On today's show, Trump signs a critical minerals deal with the Prime Minister of Down on Death.

0:51.9

And House Speaker Mike Johnson, aka Mad Mike, yearns to be happy again as the shutdown eeks into week three.

0:54.1

But let's start with Election Day.

0:57.2

In two weeks, millions of Americans will be voting,

1:00.2

but a Supreme Court case could change elections as we know them.

1:04.4

Last week, the court heard arguments in Louisiana v. Calais,

1:07.8

a case that centers on Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act.

1:11.5

Basically, the court is deciding whether or not states can use race to draw voting maps. In comments made after oral arguments last week outside the Supreme Court,

1:16.9

Louisiana Solicitor General Benjamin Aguonaga described the battle as a difficult one, for the state of Louisiana.

1:23.8

I think what you heard and saw today in the courtroom was a bench that was fully aware of the

1:29.8

difficulties that the states have been in under the court's voting precedents. If you know Louisiana's

1:35.0

story, you know that for the past couple of years, we have been struggling to find a map,

1:40.1

a congressional map that satisfies the court's precedence. It's been extremely difficult.

1:45.0

But voting rights advocates and democratic legislators argue that the map that created a second

1:49.6

majority black district was the solution to the difficult problem.

1:53.7

In a statement last week, Louisiana Democratic Representative Troy Carter said that the second

1:57.8

majority black district was, quote, about fairness, compliance with

2:01.1

federal law, and ensuring that black voices in Louisiana are not silenced. And furthermore,

2:06.1

invalidating such a big swath of the Voting Rights Act could lead to Republicans eliminating at

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