SCOTUS 86s Voting Rights
5/2/20261 hr 18 min
Kimberly Atkins Stohr hosts #SistersInLaw to discuss the SCOTUS ruling in Louisiana v. Callais, looking at the history of district allocation, how it undermines the Voting Rights Act, the significance of Justice Kagan’s dissent, and what it could mean for the country going forward. Then, the #Sisters explain the indictment of former FBI Director James Comey, the legal definition of a true threat, and the protection the 1st Amendment affords political speech. They also review the criminal charges against the attempted presidential assassin at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner and the ethics of using it as leverage for a Whit...
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First 90 secondsKimberly Atkins Stohr· Host0:00
[upbeat music] Welcome back to hashtag Sisters-in-Law with Jill Wine-Banks, Joyce Vance, Barb McQuade, and me, Kim Atkins Stohr. Boy, what a week this has been. So as you might have already guessed our topics, I'm gonna give them to you anyway. We're talking about the absolutely devastating Supreme Court decision that guts just about all that was left of the Voting Rights Act after the last few times the Supreme Court, uh, took a hatchet to it. We are also talking about the Groundhog Day style indictment of Jim Comey. Have we been there before? [laughs] We sure have. And also we're gonna talk about the horrific attack on the White House Correspondents' Dinner, and the legal implications of that. As a journalist, I have a lot of feelings about that, and we are going to dig in. But first, you know, usually this is the time where we have a little chitchat about some topic beforehand, but honestly, it has been such a week. I don't, I don't... I can't even think of anything fun to talk about, so I'm just gonna ask y'all, like, ta- you know, the... Is there anything fun happened? Like, just give it to us. Barb, you start.
Jill Wine-Banks· Panelist1:21
Oh, boy. It, it has been a rough week with some of those, um, decisions that you talked about and we're gonna get into later. But you know what actually brought me a little joy this week?