Trump and SCOTUS Launch RACE to the BOTTOM
Mother Jones national voting rights correspondent Ari Berman joins Court Accountability Action’s Lisa Graves to talk about the map drawing arms race Donald Trump and the Roberts Court have unleashed. They also discuss John Roberts’ history of hostility toward the Voting Rights Act, in addition to discussing the importance of state supreme courts and how billionaires like Elon Musk have tried (and failed so far) to capture state high courts, unlike the U.S. Supreme Court.
Court Accountability Linktree:
https://linktr.ee/courtaccountability?utm_source=linktree_profile_share<sid=5e0cf5f6-8874-4747-b278-d4f705ad3943
Mother Jones, “A Landslide in Wisconsin Will Make It Much Harder for MAGA to Steal Elections” https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2026/04/wisconsin-supreme-court-election-chris-taylor-musk-trump/
Taking Stock of the Roberts Court at 20—and the Shadowy Forces That Built It
https://www.aribermanauthor.com/books/give-us-the-ballot
https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/how-the-gop-rigs-elections-121907/
Ari on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/bermz/
Without Precedent By Lisa Graves
https://www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/lisa-graves/without-precedent/9781645030676/?lens=bold-type-books
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