The Most Consequential Supreme Court Term in a Generation | Expert Panel

The Supreme Court just closed out its most consequential term in a generation — gutting the Voting Rights Act, ending 90 years of independent agency precedent and testing the limits of presidential power. Democracy Docket founder Marc Elias hosted a panel of legal experts to break down the key decisions shaping democracy: Janai Nelson, president and director-counsel of the NAACP Legal Defense Fund, who argued Louisiana v. Callais before the Supreme Court; Joyce Vance, former U.S. attorney for the Northern District of Alabama; and Cody Wofsy, deputy director of the ACLU's Immigrants' Rights Project, who was lead attorney in the lower courts on Trump v. Barbara and part of the team that defended it before the Supreme Court. Subscribe to our free newsletters or upgrade to support our work: https://demdock.com/4ypRXkn Legal Defense Fund: https://www.naacpldf.org/ ACLU: https://www.aclu.org/ Civil Discourse with Joyce Vance: https://joycevance.substack.com/podcast 0:00 Voting Rights Act Gutted By Supreme Court 8:32 The Calais Decision And Purcell Principle 13:55 Dispelling The Myth Of Principled Conservatism 20:04 Does The Margin Of Victory Matter 32:36 Presidential Power And Unitary Executive Cases 39:36 Trump Fires The Election Assistance Commission Democracy Docket is the leading digital news platform covering voting rights and elections in the courts — from an unapologetically pro-democracy and independent standpoint. Covering election and voting litigation is central to our mission. But today’s battles over democracy — access to voting, gerrymandering, executive overreach, the rule of law and more — also play out in Congress, in the Trump administration and in states around the country. As Trump and his GOP allies work to dismantle our democracy, we’re committed to exposing the threats through in-depth reporting and expert analysis you won't find anywhere else. Catch up on our latest reporting: https://www.democracydocket.com/ Sign up for our free newsletters: https://demdock.com/4ypRXkn Follow us: Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/democracydoc... X: https://x.com/DemocracyDocket Facebook:   / democracydocket   Instagram:   / democracydocket   Reddit:   / democracydocket   TikTok:   / democracydocket