- Social:
Harvard Law School
Professor of Constitutional Law and legal historian at Harvard Law School; author of the forthcoming book, In the Balance: Law and Politics on the Roberts Court
PROFILE
Mark Tushnet
Guest
FROM Mark Tushnet
To the Point
Another Split Decision, Another Political Firestorm The President says he is "deeply disappointed" with today's decision by a divided US Supreme Court, this time over the voting rights of blacks and other minority citizens. Writing for a 5-to-4 majority of the court, Chief Justice John Roberts declared that Section 4 of the 1965 Voting Rights Act -- a major achievement of the civil rights movement -- is out of date and therefore, unconstitutional. Roberts said federal guidelines for oversight of minority voting don't reflect present reality. Nine mostly Southern states and parts of others will no longer have to ask Washington to approve changes in their voting laws. Is voting discrimination against blacks and other minorities a thing of the past? We hear the dispute that's already raging.
Recommended
News Special Programming
2018 Election Night A live election special from KCRW and NPR covering the 2018 midterm elections.
Left, Right & Center
Sessions is adjourned Jeff Sessions is out as President Trump’s attorney general.
KCRW Features
The art and science of fixing faulty genes UC Berkeley biochemist Jennifer Doudna and her colleagues say they can edit any organism’s DNA using an RNA-guided protein found in bacteria. This technology, called CRISPR-Cas9, could redefine the possibilities for editing human and non-human genes, opening the door to societal and ethical implications.