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Civics 101

Can the Supreme Court save us from ourselves?

Civics 101

NHPR

Education, History, Supreme Court, American History, Elections, Democracy, Society & Culture, Government, Civics, Politics, Social Studies

4.62.4K Ratings

🗓️ 12 March 2024

⏱️ 24 minutes

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Summary

What really happens when the Supreme Court decides something? What are the limits on their powers? And what can we do if we disagree with them?

Transcript

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0:00.0

All right. Here we go. Check check check check.

0:04.0

All right. Let's do it.

0:07.0

The Supreme Court has reached a decision on the landmark Roe v. Wade case.

0:17.0

The ruling is on a case called Dobbs versus Jackson Women's Health

0:21.3

Health Agency.

0:22.3

The Supreme Court decision,

0:23.3

legalizing same-sex marriage across the land.

0:25.5

The court's conservative majority ruled today

0:27.6

that a public high school football coach in Washington

0:30.0

State has the right to prey on the 50 yard line. The nine Supreme Court justices ruled racial segregation in

0:36.8

publicly supported schools to be unconstitutional,

0:40.7

declaring that it denied equal opportunity.

0:44.0

Right hand, let me ask you this.

0:48.0

In our six years of making this show,

0:51.0

how many episodes do you think we have done that center on the Supreme Court?

0:56.0

Wow, a lot. A whole lot of episodes, at least two dozen on landmark Supreme Court cases and of We did the shadow docket, right? And not to mention a whole bunch of shows on just how

1:16.2

stuff works on the court. Yeah, we give them a lot of air time and of course we do, right?

1:21.1

Of course we do. They are the ones who interpret the Constitution.

1:25.2

And we care deeply about what they say.

1:27.9

We track their calendar.

1:29.8

We refresh websites on days they hand down decisions.

1:33.0

As an example, right now, this first week of March 2024,

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