Voting Rights

5-4

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News Commentary, News, Government

4.6 • 3.2K Ratings

🗓️ 8 September 2020

⏱️ 50 minutes

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Summary

On this week’s episode of 5-4, Peter, Rhiannon, and Michael are discussing the right to vote. As the 2020 presidential election draws near, the Trump campaign has already started suing states over the use of mail-in ballots. The hosts talk through the basics of election law history and explain how individual citizens' right to vote is only sort of provided for in the Constitution.

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0:00.0	Hey everyone, this is Leon from Fiasco and Slowburn.
0:08.5	On today's episode of Five to Four, Peter, Rianne and Michael are talking about voting rights
0:12.7	and voter suppression.
0:14.6	It has been two months since President Trump installed a loyal supporter as Postmaster
0:18.9	General.
0:19.9	The Trump campaign is suing Montana's Democratic governor to try to stop expanded mail-in
0:25.2	voting in the state.
0:27.2	And they're suing Nevada now for expanding this mail-in voting in the middle of a public
0:31.3	health crisis.
0:32.3	It all goes back to the Constitution, which believe it or not does not provide an individual
0:36.7	right to vote, something the modern court pointed out in Bush v. Gore, despite voter protections
0:41.7	in the 14th and 15th amendments.
0:44.8	This is Five to Four, a podcast about how much the Supreme Court sucks.
0:54.8	Welcome to Five to Four, where we dissect and analyze the Supreme Court cases that
1:00.2	have toyed with American freedoms like a cat batting around a half-dead bird.
1:05.6	I am Peter here with Michael.
1:10.8	Hey everybody.
1:12.3	And Rianne.
1:13.3	Hi.
1:14.6	And today we are doing a special episode on voting rights in the United States.
1:20.8	In recent months, there have been a lot of get out the vote efforts and a lot of people
1:24.8	have expressed the desire to vote by mail due to COVID and in a fairly interesting development.
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