<p>Capitol police officer Shauni Kerkhoff has <a href="https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/73220023/kerkhoff-v-blaze-media-llc/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">sued</a> Glenn Beck’s outfit The Blaze for defamation after they said she “kinda walked like a criminal” – and she’s brought out the big guns. The Trump administration funneled another $1.25 million in taxpayer dollars to campaign stooge Carter Page. The Fifth Circuit hit us with <a href="https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.ca5.226084/gov.uscourts.ca5.226084.507945887.1.pdf" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">another terrible decision</a>, this one permitting states to force public schools to display the Ten Commandments. We <a href="https://www.lawandchaospod.com/p/fifth-circuit-cosplays-as-historians" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">wrote about it</a> on the blog, and it’s even worse than you imagine. </p><p>And </p><p>And</p><p><br></p><p>In the main show, we have an extended interview with electoral maps expert Joe Dye over the <a href="https://www.elections.virginia.gov/election-law/proposed-amendment-for-april-2026-special-election/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Virginia Constitutional Amendment</a> that passed on Tuesday and will replace Virginia’s <a href="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/90/Virginia_Congressional_Districts%2C_118th_Congress_%282%29.svg" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">existing Congressional districts</a> (that are 6 Democratic and 5 Republican) with <a href="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a9/Virginia_Congressional_Districts%2C_120th_Congress_%282026_Redistricting_Amendment%29.svg" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">a new map</a> that is 10-1 Democratic. For now, a Republican judge in Tazewell County has <a href="https://meidasnews.com/news/virginia-judge-voids-redistricting-amendment-invalidates-all-votes-from-tuesdays-special-election" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">enjoined the amendment</a>.\</p><p><br></p><p>SUBSCRIBER BONUS:</p><p><br></p><p>We discuss the Trump administration’s <a href="https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.almd.90264/gov.uscourts.almd.90264.1.0.pdf" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">bogus indictment</a> of the Southern Poverty Law Center.</p><p><br></p><p><em>Kerkhoff v. Blaze Media, LLC</em> [docket via CourtListener]</p><p><a href="https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/73220023/kerkhoff-v-blaze-media-llc/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/73220023/kerkhoff-v-blaze-media-llc/</a></p><p><br></p><p>“Fifth Circuit Cosplays As Historians So It Can Burn Down The Wall Between Church And State” [lawandchaospod.com]</p><p><a href="https://www.lawandchaospod.com/p/fifth-circuit-cosplays-as-historians" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.lawandchaospod.com/p/fifth-circuit-cosplays-as-historians</a></p><p><br></p><p><em>Rosado v. Bondi</em> [docket via CourtListener]</p><p><a href="https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/72259284/rosado-v-bondi/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/72259284/rosado-v-bondi/</a></p><p><br></p><p>Text of Virginia’s Constitutional Amendment</p><p><a href="https://www.elections.virginia.gov/election-law/proposed-amendment-for-april-2026-special-election/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.elections.virginia.gov/election-law/proposed-amendment-for-april-2026-special-election/</a></p><p><br></p><p>Existing Virginia Congressional District Map (6-5 Democratic, drawn by independent commission)</p><p><a href="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/90/Virginia_Congressional_Districts%2C_118th_Congress_%282%29.svg" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/90/Virginia_Congressional_Districts%2C_118th_Congress_%282%29.svg</a></p><p><br></p><p>New Virginia Congressional District Map (10-1 Democratic)</p><p><a href="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a9/Virginia_Congressional_Districts%2C_120th_Congress_%282026_Redistricting_Amendment%29.svg" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a9/Virginia_Congressional_Districts%2C_120th_Congress_%282026_Redistricting_Amendment%29.svg</a></p><p><br></p><p>Judge Hurley’s injunction issued in Tazewell County, Virginia [text via Meidas Touch News]</p><p><a href="https://meidasnews.com/news/virginia-judge-voids-redistricting-amendment-invalidates-all-votes-from-tuesdays-special-election" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://meidasnews.com/news/virginia-judge-voids-redistricting-amendment-invalidates-all-votes-from-tuesdays-special-election</a></p><p><br></p><p>Indictment of Southern Poverty Law Center [via CourtListener]</p><p><a href="https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.almd.90264/gov.uscourts.almd.90264.1.0.pdf" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.almd.90264/gov.uscourts.almd.90264.1.0.pdf</a></p><p><br></p><p>Show Links:</p><p><a href="https://www.lawandchaospod.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.lawandchaospod.com/</a></p><p>BlueSky: @LawAndChaosPod</p><p>Threads: @LawAndChaosPod</p><p>Twitter: @LawAndChaosPod</p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p>See Privacy Policy at <a href="https://art19.com/privacy" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://art19.com/privacy</a> and California Privacy Notice at <a href="https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info</a>.</p>