of morality. televangelist pat robertson, famous for blaming gay people for 9/11, and black people for hurricanes, is dead. but his legacy of shattering the lines between church and state lives on in the quixotic presidential candidacy of mike pence. also tonight, i want to tell you about an under the radar supreme court case that could affect where special counsel jack smith brings criminal charges. as we await the possible indictment of donald trump. and surprise, chief justice john roberts and justice brett kavanaugh come to the defense of voting rights in an important victory for voters in alabama. so what happens now for all the other efforts to redraw maps to marginalize voters of color? but we begin tonight with the supreme court. there was a surprising decision today reaffirming the landmark voting rights act, and we re going to get to that a bit later. but i want to start with a lesser known case that is still awaiting a ruling by the highest court in the lan
they got one. this actually could impact other states. louisiana, same thing. you have the south is where half of african americans live. and yet in all of these states, they get one member of congress. they put all the blacks in there, south carolina, all these states, you get one. and they split up the rest, which is completely you know, what i do wonder. this could result into up to eight more members of congress who are african american. i will note this supreme court let that map lie in 2022, along with the illegal florida map. they engineered republican outcomes even as they re supposedly fixing. you saw what they did there, huh? because what happened is this map was sued before the midterms. and the lower court said this map is clearly racist, before the midterms. it went up to the supreme court, and by a vote of 5-4, roberts also saying this was a bad decision, brett kavanaugh was the swing vote, and he allowed alabama to use its racist maps for the last election, which hel