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Abortion Rights Advocates Get Biggest Win in a Generation
On this last decision day of the term, the US Supreme Court did not fade gently into the summer with a 44 tie on a controversial issue instead the justices struck down a Texas abortion law. Justice Anthony Kennedy was the swing vote, handing abortion rights activists their biggest win in a generation. We hear what it means for other states like Mississippi and Wisconsin, which are facing similar challenges.
By Warren Olney • • 51m ListenOn this last decision day of the term, the US Supreme Court did not fade gently into the summer with a 44 tie on a controversial issue instead the justices struck down a Texas abortion law. Justice Anthony Kennedy was the swing vote, handing abortion rights activists their biggest win in a generation. We hear what it means for other states like Mississippi and Wisconsin, which are facing similar challenges.
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Later on the program, it seems that gerrymandering the process of setting electoral districts to the benefit of a certain party is as old as the electoral process itself. Journalist David Daley says redistricting has reached a level of sophistication so precise that it precludes democracy and hardly matters who the candidate is anymore.
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