District Map Fights Before the 2026 Midterms
David Lat joins Sarah Isgur (see ya later, French) to discuss the three-judge panel overturning Alabama’s congressional maps, a new lawsuit against President Donald Trump’s slush fund, and a lying Judge.
The Agenda:
–No redistricting according to race
–Nonsense lawsuits
–Dragging courts into political fights
–Moving honey buns is interstate commerce
–Sanction more judges?
–Feeling Wicker-ty
–The Arbitration Act is sexy!
–Making clerks very uncomfortable
Show Notes:
–Pitchford v. Cain
–Flowers Foods v. Brock
–Rutherford v. United States
–Fernandez v. United States–Wickard v. Filburn
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