February 7, 2019
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Today’s episode returns to one of the most critical political issues of our time: gerrymandering of congressional districts, and in particular, the state of MD-6, which pits the Democrats as villains and Republican voters as the plaintiffs alleging disenfranchisement. Will that role reversal be enough to win approval from SCOTUS? Listen and find out!
We begin, however, with an update on the June Medical Services v. Gee lawsuit we first discussed in Episode 249.
After that, it’s time for the deep dive into gerrymandering, which takes a look at the U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland’s 3-judge panel decision invalidating Maryland’s 6th district; the motion to stay before the Supreme Court filed by the Plaintiffs; the opposition by the State of Maryland; and an amicus brief filed on behalf of the incumbent, Democrat David Trone.
Then, we quickly clear up the status of Stormy Daniels’ lawsuits. Did the recent dismissal with prejudice have anything to do with Donald Trump? (No.)We end, as always, with a brand new Thomas Takes the Bar Exam Question #113 that’s coincidentally about the constitutionality of abortion restrictions.
Show Notes & Links
- Episode OA: 249 “Overturning Roe v. Wade Starts Today” for reference to our past discussion on the abortion cases.
- Supreme Court’s docket in June Medical Services v. Gee
- If you’re curious, this is what MD-6 looks like today, and this is what it looked like before the 2011 redistricting.
- We last discussed gerrymandering in Episode OA: 185
- We also did a deep dive into the Wisconsin case in Episode OA: 80
- Here is the Maryland district court’s ruling court’s ruling
- You can read the Plaintiffs’ brief
- The state’s opposition, filed by Brian Frosh
- And the Trone amicus brief filed by Andrew’s friends at Zuckerman
Law Talkin' Stuff
Law Court Thingies
- Benisek v. Lamone 585 U.S. (2018)
- Gaffney v. Cummings 412 U.S. 735 (1973)
- Gill v. Whitford
- June Medical Services v. Gee
Magic Law Words
Organizations
People
Topics
Content
- [00:00:00] Intro
- [00:04:55] Status of June Medical Services v. Gee stay
- [00:11:45] Commercial
- [00:13:25] Gerrymandering
- [00:22:18] Partisan gerrymandering
- [00:24:15] Benisek v. Lamone Maryland case
- [00:32:50] Three prong test
- [00:47:00] Gaffney v. Cummings
- [00:54:15] Optimal outcome (Prediction)
- [00:58:45] Commercial
- [01:00:37] Stormy Daniels defamation lawsuit
- [01:07:10] Patron Hall of Fame
- [01:13:37] Thomas Takes The Bar Exam: The constitutionality of abortion regulations (question)
- [01:21:00] Outro
- [01:23:00] Out Takes
(The time stamps above are derived from the audio provided on the official website; they may vary from audio without ads that are provided through the patreon feed.)
Follow up
- Episode 251.5: Follow-up on June Medical Services v. Gee