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SCOTUS Prepares to GO NUCLEAR as ELECTIONS SPIRAL for Trump

2025-11-19 News & Politics
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Roberts Court Undermining Voting Rights and Parallels to Post-Reconstruction Regression

Discover how the Roberts Court’s interpretation of race in redistricting may eliminate critical minority representation across the South. Learn why experts compare this legal climate to the end of the Reconstruction era and the active subversion of democratic norms.

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  • Overturn of Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act (VRA) threatens to erase minority districts in states like Louisiana and Mississippi.
  • The Court displays active hostility toward proactive measures addressing historical racial discrimination in voting.
  • Current judicial trends, alongside political rhetoric, align with authoritarian efforts to entrench power, echoing Reconstruction failures.
  • Justice Kavanaugh’s actions on the shadow docket significantly empower ICE to use ethnicity in stops, contrasting sharply with VRA restrictions.

This discussion centers on the implications of the recent Supreme Court oral arguments in the Louisiana voting rights case, where the Court seems poised to abandon efforts to prevent the dilution of Black votes. Professor Klarman explains that this judicial path mirrors historical retreats from equality and facilitates an active assault on democratic structures by the current political apparatus.

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Harvard Law professor Michael Klarman joins Court Accountability Action’s Lisa Graves to talk about the risks the Roberts Court is posing to voting rights in America with the Court poised to issue a ruling striking down the Voting Rights Act's Section 2 in way that aids Trump's efforts to pre-rig the 2026 mid-term elections by bleaching black voters out of legislative districts. They also discuss how Trump's agenda and apparatus is akin to AfD in Germany and other right-wing parties in Europe. Court Accountability Action Linktree: https://linktr.ee/courtaccountability Without Precedent by Lisa Graves: https://www.withoutprecedent.info/ Subscribe: https://www.youtube.com/@LegalAFMTN?sub_confirmation=1 Legal AF Substack: https://substack.com/@legalaf Follow Legal AF on Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/legalafmtn.bsky.social Follow Michael Popok on Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/mspopok.bsky.social Subscribe to the Legal AF by MeidasTouch podcast here: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/legal-af-by-meidastouch/id1580828595

Top Comments (10)

@elfindelsol 2025-11-19

I'm looking forward to SCOTUS being removed and charged with treason.

294 27 replies
@shawncrites6896 2025-11-19

The SCOTUS will be to blame just as much as Trump for BANKRUPTING AMERICA and the American people....😢😢

231 6 replies
@ycarcomed2 2025-11-19

Unjustice John Roberts is a disgrace.

172 4 replies
@JanetMagistro 2025-11-19

Roberts, Ipolito, Thomas etc. impeach them. This is out of control. TUMP AND HIS WHOLE CABINET AND DOJ TOO enough with the corruption.

161 6 replies
@Duh6666666 2025-11-19

The Heritage Foundation, along with its top officials, should be charged with treason. Don't forget that Miller and Vought are the true actors behind the scenes; Most of the petty cruelty stems from them.

157 9 replies
@stuartdamon3610 2025-11-19

The Nuremberg Trials proved Supreme Courts can be sentenced for Crimes Against Humanity. They made it legal to commit atrocities. All three branches are causing great harm to the American people! 😡

122 1 replies
@laladeyarmin8553 2025-11-19

These people have done SO MUCH HORRIBLE DAMAGE TO US AND OTHERS. WTF?!?!?!?

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@CliffordArnold-q7j 2025-11-19

It's time to impeach some SCOTUS JUSTICES! They aren't to make laws, but to follow the constitution. These people obviously haven't ever read it! This is just more sedition!

84 2 replies
@Guest-er 2025-11-19

It’s the Shady Docket. We’re past “shadow”.

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@nancycarter1617 2025-11-19

Thank You Lisa and Professor Michael Klarman!

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