John Marshall and the Supreme Court

Not really. But we send one of our own out in style by asking (and answering) some very tough questions. Including one you might recognize. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices 

Article II, which lays out the powers, duties, and limits on presidential powers, is one of the most debated and reinterpreted parts of the Constitution. So what does it say? Today we are joined by Dr. Corey Brettschneider, a professor of political science at Brown, author of sev ...  Show more

When U.S. Supreme Court Chief Justice Earl Warren was asked at the end of his career, “What was the most important case of your tenure?”, there were a lot of answers he could have given. He had presided over some of the most important decisions in the court’s history — cases t ...

Meet Thurgood Marshall, WHO was the first Black person to serve in the United States' Supreme Court. Follow along on his journey with Rebecca Sheir as Thurgood Marshall makes his way from civil rights advocate to the highest court in the land. Discover the WOW he added to the ...

It has been a momentous few weeks for the Supreme Court. What better time to discuss the Court's history and future? We are therefore launching our "Summer of Law" series to shed light on the legal world . Kicking the series off is John Yoo, the Heller Professor of Law at the Uni ...  Show more

The question of how much power the Supreme Court should possess has divided justices over time. But the issue was perhaps never more hotly debated than in Baker v. Carr. On this episode of More Perfect, we talk about the case that pushed one Supreme Court jus ...