Summary: When the Supreme Court term opens next month, perhaps no issue will be more urgent – and more complicated – than voting rights. One of the first cases the justices will hear is <a href="http://www.scotusblog.com/case-files/cases/gill-v-whitford/"><em>Gill v. Whitford</em></a>, a challenge to the 2011 redrawing of district lines in Wisconsin. While the Court has struck down racially-motivated gerrymanders in the past, no election map has ever been rejected as a purely <em>partisan</em> gerrymander. And recent developments have some court watchers concerned that Justice Anthony Kennedy may still not be ready to do that. Our guest this episode is <a href="http://www.law.uci.edu/faculty/full-time/hasen/">Richard Hasen</a>, Chancellor’s Professor of Law and Political Science at the University of California, Irvine, and curator of the must-read <a href="http://electionlawblog.org/">Election Law Blog</a>. <br><br>Please let us know what you think of <em>Amicus</em>. Join the discussion of this episode on <a href="https://www.facebook.com/amicuspodcast">Facebook</a>. Our email is <a href="mailto:amicus@slate.com">amicus@slate.com</a>. Podcast production by Tony Field.
