web01.fireside.fm Thu, 21 May 2026 23:02:39 -0500 Fireside (https://fireside.fm) Circumscription - Episodes Tagged with “Redistricting” https://circumscription.fireside.fm/tags/redistricting Tue, 02 Sep 2025 05:00:00 -0400 Much of what gives life meaning, continuity, and order is the act of setting boundaries. Much of what gives you a clear sense of who and what you are is a clear sense of who and what you're not. This is a podcast about drawing such lines. It's about the processes involved in setting and maintaining boundaries, but also stretching and crossing them. We explore questions about boundaries and identity in three areas: religion, foreign policy, and constitutional law. en-us episodic Where We Set The Limits Michael Sargent Much of what gives life meaning, continuity, and order is the act of setting boundaries. Much of what gives you a clear sense of who and what you are is a clear sense of who and what you're not. This is a podcast about drawing such lines. It's about the processes involved in setting and maintaining boundaries, but also stretching and crossing them. We explore questions about boundaries and identity in three areas: religion, foreign policy, and constitutional law. no self, identity, religion, faith, constitutions, constitutional law, foreign policy Michael Sargent profsargent@gmail.com Episode 5: Drawn Out https://circumscription.fireside.fm/5 7e949d41-a059-48f0-aab7-e866d57683bb Tue, 02 Sep 2025 05:00:00 -0400 Michael Sargent full Michael Sargent A conversation with legal expert David Gans, focusing on voting rights and redistricting. 50:40 no <p><a href="https://www.theusconstitution.org/staff/david-h-gans/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">David Gans</a> is Director of the Human Rights, Civil Rights &amp; Citizenship Program at the Constitutional Accountability Center. In this episode, we discussed voting rights and redistricting, with an emphasis on the Louisiana v. Callais case that is set to be reargued before the Supreme Court on October 15, 2025. </p> <p><strong>OTHER LINKS</strong><br> <a href="https://www.supremecourt.gov/oral_arguments/audio/2022/21-1086" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">--<em>Merrill v. Milligan</em> (later retitled <em>Allen v. Milligan</em>) oral argument</a><br> <a href="https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/22pdf/21-1086_1co6.pdf" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">--<em>Allen v. Milligan</em> opinion</a><br> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voting_Rights_Act_of_1965" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">--Wikipedia on the Voting Rights Act of 1965</a><br> <a href="https://www.scotusblog.com/election-law-explainers/section-2-of-the-voting-rights-act-vote-dilution-and-vote-deprivation/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">--"Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act: Vote dilution and vote deprivation," SCOTUSblog</a><br> <a href="https://www.scotusblog.com/2025/08/court-asks-for-new-briefs-in-louisiana-redistricting-case/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">--"Court asks for new briefs in Louisiana redistricting case", by Amy Howe at <em>SCOTUSblog</em></a><br> <a href="https://www.lwv.org/blog/how-supreme-court-made-racial-gerrymandering-easier-alexander-v-south-carolina-naacp" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">--"How the Supreme Court made racial gerrymandering easier in <em>Alexander v. South Carolina NAACP</em>," League of Women Voters Blog</a><br> <a href="https://www.cnn.com/2025/07/09/politics/ketanji-brown-jackson-leading-dissenter-trump-era" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">--"Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson emerges as a leading dissenter in an era of Trump," by John Fritze, at CNN</a></p> <p><strong>MUSIC CREDITS (all songs from Free Music Archive, and each song carries the "cc by" license)</strong><br> --"The Trail," by Unheard Music Concepts<br> --"Breath," by Kirk Osamayo<br> --"Anti-Chill," by Jangwa<br> --"Post Drone," by Uuriter<br> --"Cello," by Ketsa<br> --"Caress me to sleep," by rui Special Guest: David Gans.</p> voting rights, race, redistricting, politics, 14th Amendment, 15th Amendment David Gans is Director of the Human Rights, Civil Rights & Citizenship Program at the Constitutional Accountability Center. In this episode, we discussed voting rights and redistricting, with an emphasis on the Louisiana v. Callais case that is set to be reargued before the Supreme Court on October 15, 2025.

OTHER LINKS
--Merrill v. Milligan (later retitled Allen v. Milligan) oral argument
--Allen v. Milligan opinion
--Wikipedia on the Voting Rights Act of 1965
--"Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act: Vote dilution and vote deprivation," SCOTUSblog
--"Court asks for new briefs in Louisiana redistricting case", by Amy Howe at SCOTUSblog
--"How the Supreme Court made racial gerrymandering easier in Alexander v. South Carolina NAACP," League of Women Voters Blog
--"Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson emerges as a leading dissenter in an era of Trump," by John Fritze, at CNN

MUSIC CREDITS (all songs from Free Music Archive, and each song carries the "cc by" license)
--"The Trail," by Unheard Music Concepts
--"Breath," by Kirk Osamayo
--"Anti-Chill," by Jangwa
--"Post Drone," by Uuriter
--"Cello," by Ketsa
--"Caress me to sleep," by rui

Special Guest: David Gans.

]]> David Gans is Director of the Human Rights, Civil Rights & Citizenship Program at the Constitutional Accountability Center. In this episode, we discussed voting rights and redistricting, with an emphasis on the Louisiana v. Callais case that is set to be reargued before the Supreme Court on October 15, 2025.

OTHER LINKS
--Merrill v. Milligan (later retitled Allen v. Milligan) oral argument
--Allen v. Milligan opinion
--Wikipedia on the Voting Rights Act of 1965
--"Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act: Vote dilution and vote deprivation," SCOTUSblog
--"Court asks for new briefs in Louisiana redistricting case", by Amy Howe at SCOTUSblog
--"How the Supreme Court made racial gerrymandering easier in Alexander v. South Carolina NAACP," League of Women Voters Blog
--"Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson emerges as a leading dissenter in an era of Trump," by John Fritze, at CNN

MUSIC CREDITS (all songs from Free Music Archive, and each song carries the "cc by" license)
--"The Trail," by Unheard Music Concepts
--"Breath," by Kirk Osamayo
--"Anti-Chill," by Jangwa
--"Post Drone," by Uuriter
--"Cello," by Ketsa
--"Caress me to sleep," by rui

Special Guest: David Gans.

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