How Have Supreme Court Arguments Changed?

Civics 101

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

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🗓️ 27 June 2023

⏱️ 40 minutes

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Justices are talking more than ever - but what are they saying?

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0:00.0	Here you have no compelling state interest that is worth consideration.
0:05.4	Maybe Mr. Roddard would feel differently.
0:07.8	That may be true. Is he in the room yet?
0:10.2	I hope so.
0:11.2	He's waving a flag in the back.
0:13.2	I think it's safe.
0:18.2	Light bulb winner.
0:19.2	The trick they play on new children must be involved.
0:24.2	Happy Halloween.
0:27.2	Mr. Chief Justice Scalia was I didn't mean to promote you so quite so.
0:33.2	That's for thinking it was a promo ever.
0:38.2	Christina, you know how much I love this stuff.
0:41.2	Oh, I do.
0:42.2	You and Hannah have done what 20 episodes that use archival audio from Supreme Court arguments.
0:48.2	About that much, maybe more?
0:49.2	I cannot tell you how many hours of audio I have downloaded from O.J. in the last five years.
0:55.2	All right, Nick.
0:56.2	Why do you love oral arguments so much?
0:59.2	I know this about you since I started on the show, but I don't think I've ever heard your elevator pitch.
1:04.2	So sell me oral arguments as a practice on the Supreme Court.
1:08.2	Okay.
1:09.2	One of the first interviews I ever did for civics 101 was with a guy named Larry Robbins.
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