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Farmers Turn on Trump; Far-Right SCOTUS Poised to Gut Voting Rights Act | Elie Mystal | TMR

2025-10-25 News & Politics
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Supreme Court Erosion of Voting Rights and Political Gerrymandering

Analyze how Chief Justice Roberts spearheads the conservative attack on the Voting Rights Act through recent cases, threatening the Democratic Party’s national viability. Discover the specific legal arguments being deployed to undercut essential protections for minority representation.

Short Summary

  • The Supreme Court’s conservative wing, led by John Roberts, consistently seeks to dismantle the Voting Rights Act (VRA), driven by the unsubstantiated belief that racism has been solved.
  • The current Louisiana v. ACLU case tests Section Two of the VRA by challenging outcome-based analysis, pushing for an intent-only standard that is nearly impossible to prove.
  • Judicial actions on redistricting now directly impact electoral outcomes, potentially flipping up to 19 Democratic seats in the South, linking judicial ruling to immediate midterm strategy.

This discussion highlights Chief Justice John Roberts' career-long opposition to voting equality, drawing parallels between his actions and Roger Tani. We examine the oral arguments in the Louisiana redistricting case, focusing on the critical difference between intent-based and outcome-based analysis under Section Two of the VRA. Furthermore, the conversation addresses the political consequences of failing to protect voting access and briefly reviews controversial pending cases regarding gun rights and conversion therapy.

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Justice correspondent for The Nation, Elie Mystal joins the program to discuss the gutting of the Voting Rights Act and other recent rulings by the Supreme Court. October 21, 2025. Watch the Majority Report live Monday–Friday at 12pm EST on YouTube OR via daily podcast at http://www.Majority.fm Check out Elie's work here: https://www.thenation.com/authors/elie-mystal/ Send us IM messages during the live-stream with our free Majority Report App: http://majority.fm/app Subscribe to MR's daily AM Quickie newsletter: https://am-quickie.ghost.io Find all your MR merch at our store: https://shop.majorityreportradio.com Become a Majority Report member: https://fans.fm/majority/join More from the MR crew: Matt Binder DOOMED https://www.youtube.com/MattBinder Brandon Sutton DISCOURSE https://www.youtube.com/@Th3Discourse Emma Vigeland ESVN https://www.youtube.com/ESVNShow Matt Lech LEFT RECKONING https://www.youtube.com/LeftReckoning Our alt YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/majorityreportlive

Top Comments (10)

@Silverfang447 2025-10-25

Took some of them long enough to acknowledge reality. Most farmers still don't want to blame their idol. 🙄

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@frida507 2025-10-26

Their efforts to get rid of the voting rights act proves it's still needed.

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@hannah-jt2ud 2025-10-26

Love Mystal! Always happy to see him on. He’s such an engaging speaker while always speaking the truth

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@baltoandtogo 2025-10-25

Pretty good argument for term limits for supreme court justices

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@antoniomarquez1919 2025-10-27

It's time to gut the Supreme Court

68 1 replies
@whiteorchid5412 2025-10-27

I always believed Justice Roberts was a white supremacist and far right wing extremist ideologue but just more patient, calculating and sneaky than the other conservative SCOTUS justices.Which is why he's waiting until after the CA special election on the Prop 50 redistricting proposition is over before announcing the SCOTUS decision to kill the Voting Rights Act!

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@bnyc2000 2025-10-26

If Trump could run for a third term these same pissed off right-wing farmers would vote for him again. Sad. Smh

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@leiag201 2025-10-27

They'd still vote for him tomorrow if he made them another hollow promise. These people are beyond redemption

19 1 replies
@LotusPleiades 2025-10-26

Anyone who says, "Reverse Racism" gives me all the proof I need that they're racist!

17 2 replies
@megannehover 2025-10-26

Bizarrely it is now worse to be called a racist than to be a racist :/

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