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Controversial Supreme Court Decisions
Manage episode 296841331 series 2948089
The Supreme Court agrees to hear about 100-150 of the more than 7,000 cases that it is asked to review each year. Decisions made by the 9 Justices that sit on the Court are considered final… unless overturned by a subsequent decision. For many seeking justice, it is their last hope. From Dred Scott to Brown vs Board of Education to Obergefell vs Hodges, here in Episode 16, we take a look at a handful of Supreme Court decisions that, for better or worse, changed America.
Episode Edits
- Dred Scott was inherited by Dr. John Emerson's widow, not his sister.
Books
- Black’s Law Dictionary 11th Edition
- America: A Narrative History 11th Edition by David Emory Shi
- The Supreme Court 13th Edition by Lawrence Baum
- Without Precedent: Chief Justice John Marshall and His Times by Joel Richard Paul
- The Oxford Companion to The Supreme Court of The United States by Kermit L. Hall
50 episodes
Manage episode 296841331 series 2948089
The Supreme Court agrees to hear about 100-150 of the more than 7,000 cases that it is asked to review each year. Decisions made by the 9 Justices that sit on the Court are considered final… unless overturned by a subsequent decision. For many seeking justice, it is their last hope. From Dred Scott to Brown vs Board of Education to Obergefell vs Hodges, here in Episode 16, we take a look at a handful of Supreme Court decisions that, for better or worse, changed America.
Episode Edits
- Dred Scott was inherited by Dr. John Emerson's widow, not his sister.
Books
- Black’s Law Dictionary 11th Edition
- America: A Narrative History 11th Edition by David Emory Shi
- The Supreme Court 13th Edition by Lawrence Baum
- Without Precedent: Chief Justice John Marshall and His Times by Joel Richard Paul
- The Oxford Companion to The Supreme Court of The United States by Kermit L. Hall
50 episodes
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