Let’s unpack the Supreme Court ruling on voting restrictions
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The Supreme Court upheld Arizona’s voting restrictions with a 6-3 ruling today. We’ll talk about what it means for the Voting Rights Act, and the signal the conservative court is sending about voting laws overall. Plus: Why Robinhood could be the new WeWork, and the gender pay gap in the White House. Here’s everything we talked about today: “Supreme Court Upholds Arizona Voting Restrictions” from the New York Times “Feds Seized Robinhood CEO’s Phone in GameStop Trading Halt Investigation” from Vice “Financial regulator hits Robinhood for $70 million for “widespread and significant harm” to customers” from CBS News “Inside the Capitol Riot: An Exclusive Video Investigation” from the New York Times “Women in the Biden White House earn 99 cents for every $1 earned by men” from The 19th Also, shoutout to Andrew for giving our Monday shows a theme “Titans’ Rashard Weaver says his mom won’t pay his phone bill anymore: ‘I feel betrayed’” from the Tennessean Join us on YouTube Fridays at 3:30 p.m. Pacific time/6:30 p.m. Eastern for our live happy hour episode! Subscribe to our channel and sign up for notifications so you don’t miss it.
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