OA1199 - Voting rights expert Jenessa Seymour takes us through this week’s oral arguments in one of the most important cases before the Supreme Court this term: Louisiana v. Callais, which has the potential to end some of the most important protections in the Voting Rights Act and allow states to openly racially gerrymander their electoral districts. Also discussed: a related New York state case which may be affected by Callais, and a footnote on what one lying Chicago cop was willing to do to get out of dozens of traffic and speeding tickets--and how actual justice has finally caught up with him. <ol> <li> <a href= "https://www.supremecourt.gov/docket/docketfiles/html/public/24-109.html" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">Louisiana v. Callais Supreme Court docket</a> </li> <li> <a href= "https://www.c-span.org/program/public-affairs-event/supreme-court-hears-case-on-racial-gerrymandering--voting-rights/664542" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">Oral arguments in Louisiana v Callais</a>(10/15/2025) </li> <li> <a href="https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/52/10301" rel= "noopener noreferrer nofollow">52 U.S.C. § 10301</a> (Sec 2 of the Voting Rights Act) </li> <li> <a href= "https://tile.loc.gov/storage-services/service/ll/usrep/usrep478/usrep478030/usrep478030.pdf" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">Thornburg v Gingles</a>, 478 U.S. 30 (1986) </li> <li> <a href= "https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/18pdf/18-422_9ol1.pdf" rel= "noopener noreferrer nofollow">Rucho v. Common Cause</a> 588 U.S. 684 (2019) </li> <li> <a href="https://nyvra-portal.ag.ny.gov/NYVRA%20Text.pdf" rel= "noopener noreferrer nofollow">Full text of NY’s John L. Lewis Voting Act</a> </li> <li> <a href= "https://www.lwv.org/take-action/urge-eac-not-require-documentary-proof-citizenship" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">Submit a comment on the Election Assistance Commission’s proposal to add a proof-of-citizenship requirement to the federal voting registration form</a> </li> <li> <a href= "https://www.propublica.org/article/how-chicago-cop-got-out-of-44-traffic-tickets" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">“Chicago Cop Who Falsely Blamed an Ex-Girlfriend for Dozens of Traffic Tickets Pleads Guilty but Avoids Prison,”</a>  <a href= "https://www.propublica.org/people/jennifer-smith-richards" rel= "noopener noreferrer nofollow">Jennifer Smith Richards</a> and <a href="https://www.propublica.org/people/jodi-cohen" rel= "noopener noreferrer nofollow">Jodi S. Cohen</a>, ProPublica (10/2/2025) </li> </ol> Check out the OA <a href= "https://linktr.ee/openingarguments" rel= "noopener noreferrer nofollow">Linktree</a> for all the places to go and things to do!

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