SCOTUS Clears The Way for Gerrymandering

最高法院为操纵选举区划开辟了道路

What A Day

2026-04-30

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On Wednesday, the Supreme Court struck down a 2024 Louisiana district map that created a second majority-Black voting district for use in future elections. In a 6-3 decision, the Court found that the Voting Rights Act did not authorize states the ability to create majority-minority voting districts. The ruling didn't overturn Section Two of the Voting Rights Act, but in the dissent, Justice Elena Kagan argued that it had done so in all but deed. Leah Litman, host of Crooked Media's legal podcast Strict Scrutiny, joins the show to tell us what this means for the future of Black voters, redistricting, the midterms, and America. And in headlines, the House Armed Services Committee grills Secretary of War Pete Hegseth over his handling of the war with Iran, Jerome Powell isn’t backing down in his feud with Trump, and a Japanese airport tries out baggage handling humanoid robots. Show Notes: Check out Strict Scrutiny – https://tinyurl.com/7dfbhmc5 Call Congress – 202-224-3121 Subscribe to the What A Day Newsletter – https://tinyurl.com/y4y2e9jy What A Day – YouTube – https://www.youtube.com/@whatadaypodcast Follow us on Instagram – https://www.instagram.com/crookedmedia/ For a transcript of this episode, please visit crooked.com/whataday
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  • It's Thursday, April 30th.

  • I'm Jane Koston, and this is What A Day.

  • The show watching Arizona Republican Representative Abraham Hamadai give Secretary

  • of War Pete Hegseth a remarkably bad idea.

  • I would love for President Trump's truth social post to be leafleted all over Iran, to be honest with you.

  • I think that would encourage them to actually take to the streets.

  • I have to assume he doesn't mean the a whole civilization will die tonight post.

  • Today's show, Hegseth gets grilled over how poorly his war with Iran is going.

  • And Jerome Powell stands up to the Trump administration.

  • Again!

  • Well, let's start with the Supreme Court of the United States, which is rarely a good sign.

  • On Wednesday, the Supreme Court struck down a 2024 Louisiana map that created a second majority black voting district.

  • The map was drawn after black voters challenged the state's existing districts,

  • which only included one majority black voting district,

  • despite the fact that black Louisianans make up one third of the state.

  • But in a 6-3 decision, the court found that Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act did not give states the ability

  • to create voting districts specifically based on race.

  • In effect, turning past understanding of Section 2 on its head.

  • So it comes as no surprise that President Donald Trump was locked in on the historic ruling

  • when asked about it in the Oval Office on Wednesday.