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Justice Jackson Obliterates Originalism in Voting Rights Case

Alabama wants the Supreme Court to basically rewrite decades of voting rights law so it can run elections off racist maps.

In a new episode of Boom! Lawyered, it’s Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson’s first official week on the Supreme Court. And it was a big one! Jess and Imani get into the important voting rights case the justices heard and how Jackson is already making her mark on the bench.

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