The People Are Sovereign

In the fourth episode of The Consent of the Governed, “The People Are Sovereign,” host Carter Hanson dives deep into Rucho v. Common Cause (the most recent Supreme Court ruling on gerrymandering) and breaks down the majority opinion, revealing the fallacies and misrepresentations in the majority’s argument and the destructive power of Rucho.

 

From the episode: “Gerrymandering is a crisis of democracy, hindering political evolution and realization by removing the voice of the citizen in their just representation and giving that power to a handful of partisan cartographers. What the founders intended for the redistricting process is ultimately beside the point: the truest respect given to the founders is progress, and no issue calls for substantial reform and action like partisan gerrymandering.”

 

The Consent of the Governed is hosted, produced, and written by Carter Hanson, from his home in Boulder, Colorado. The Consent of the Governed is the main expression of my Kolbe Fellowship project. The Kolbe Fellowship program is a ten-week research fellowship for social sciences and humanities students at Gettysburg College in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. The Consent of the Governed’s theme music was written by Natalie Dolan and James Lamb. Thanks to Professor Beth Campbell Hetrick, who is the faculty advisor for this project. You can find us on Podbean, Apple Podcasts, Stitcher, Spotify, and Medium.