Episode #17: The Courts & The Constitution, Part I

<p>The first of a two-part series on the Federal Courts & the Constitution, Part I focuses on the history & ideologies driving SCOTUS decisions today.</p> <p><a href='https://www.uscourts.gov/about-federal-courts/educational-resources/about-educational-outreach/activity-resources/about'>uscourts.gov - basic info on the Supreme Court</a></p> <p><a href='https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XUnI3gaEmGY'>Justice Antonin Scalia on Charlie Rose Show: Philosophy of an Originalist </a></p> <p><a href='https://www.goodreads.com/en/book/show/58822691-allow-me-to-retort'>Elie Mystal: Allow Me to Retort: A Black Guy's Guide to the Constitution</a></p> <p><a href='https://www.politico.com/news/2022/06/24/thomas-constitutional-rights-00042256'>SCOTUS ‘should reconsider’ contraception, same-sex marriage rulings (POLITICO)</a></p> <p><a href='https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kHvgiEWH6A4'>Justice Sotomayor on 60 Minutes, 2013 (excerpt)</a></p> <p><a href='https://www.nytimes.com/2022/09/04/us/politics/constitutional-convention-republican-states.html'>A second Constitutional Convention? Some Republicans want to force one (NY Times)</a></p>