Ep. 50 | Professor Atiba Ellis on Redistricting, Voting Rights and the "New Colorblindness"

“Voting rights right now is precarious and leaves open the door for undoing the generations of work to protect our young and fragile multiracial democracy.” That's the upshot from my conversation with Professor Atiba Ellis, a national voting rights expert and law professor at Case Western Reserve University School of Law. The conversation could not be more timely.

This week in California, the Trump White House and other plaintiffs are asking a federal court to enjoin Proposition 50, the California ballot initiative designed to counteract the GOP's redistricting efforts in Texas and elsewhere. Later this spring, the Supreme Court is poised to rule on a lawsuit that seeks to invalidate Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act. The future of voting rights hangs in the balance.