Sep 3, 2026 · 1 hr 3 min · 11 segments
The Supreme Court is poised to decide a major case on citizenship and voting this Term: *RNC v. Mi Familia Vota*. Only citizens can vote. That is the law federally and in all 50 states. But can…
Josh KleinfeldGuest
Ilan WurmanHost
Katherine JohnsonHostWell, let's start with RNC v. Mi Familia Vota, which is the Supreme Court, the case the Supreme Court is hearing early in this upcoming term.
And it's one of those like insane cases where the answer should be obvious, but lawyers have gotten involved and like complicated this whole thing.
So with that preface, Arizona passed a law that required verification of citizenship when someone registers to vote.
So the law says when you register to vote, you also have to prove your citizenship.
Somehow, an activist organization sued saying that checking citizenship violates federal law, even though you have to be a citizen to vote.
So apparently my take is that we have a law on the books, citizens can't vote in our elections, that no one is allowed to enforce somehow.
But before getting into those twists and turns, I think it's important to keep some common sense issues front and center.
Because what I think we're seeing in this case is basically complexity for the sake of power.
Well, let's start with RNC v. Mi Familia Vota, which is the Supreme Court, the case the Supreme Court is hearing early in this upcoming term.
And it's one of those like insane cases where the answer should be obvious, but lawyers have gotten involved and like complicated this whole thing.
So with that preface, Arizona passed a law that required verification of citizenship when someone registers to vote.
So the law says when you register to vote, you also have to prove your citizenship.
Somehow, an activist organization sued saying that checking citizenship violates federal law, even though you have to be a citizen to vote.
So apparently my take is that we have a law on the books, citizens can't vote in our elections, that no one is allowed to enforce somehow.
But before getting into those twists and turns, I think it's important to keep some common sense issues front and center.
Because what I think we're seeing in this case is basically complexity for the sake of power.
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