Sophia Lin Lakin
Director of the ACLU's Voting Rights Project and civil rights attorney leading legal efforts to protect voting rights and challenge discriminatory redistricting and election actions.
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May 5, 2026 • 43min
Maddow: Trump is terrible at everything except this one thing
Sophia Lin Lakin, director of the ACLU Voting Rights Project and civil rights attorney, discusses legal fights to protect Black representation after the Supreme Court gutted the Voting Rights Act. Conversation covers ongoing lawsuits in Louisiana, the broader threat to minority representation from new redistricting, and the stakes of reduced federal voting protections.
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May 5, 2026 • 53min
The Return of Jim Crow: A Conversation with the ACLU’s Sophia Lin Lakin
Sophia Lin Lakin, Director of the ACLU Voting Rights Project and veteran voting rights attorney. She walks through the Supreme Court’s new framework and its immediate effects on maps and representation. They discuss rapid redistricting in red states, long-term legal strategies to weaken protections, and the fight to preserve voting access and democracy.
