{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/695ed31524334d02345bdb78/695ed336a32e86d77594c730?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"Courting a Voting Rights Disaster","description":"<p>Supreme Court watchers are concerned that the Justices are poised to make racial gerrymandering all but impossible to prove. This comes after the Court recently heard arguments in the case of <em>Alexander v. the South Carolina State Conference of the NAACP</em>. On today’s episode of A Word, Jason Johnson is joined by Brandon Tensley, national political reporter for Capital B News. They discuss the South Carolina voters who are directly impacted by the case, and what it could mean for voting rights around the country. </p><p><br></p><p>Guest: Brandon Tensley, national political reporter for Capital B News</p><p><br></p><p>Podcast production by Kristie Taiwo-Makanjuola</p><p><br></p><p><em>Y</em><em>ou can skip all the ads in A Word by joining Slate Plus. Sign up now at </em><a href=\"http://slate.com/awordplus\"><em>slate.com/awordplus</em></a><em> for $15 for your first three months.</em></p><p> </p>","author_name":"Slate Podcasts"}