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More Perfect

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4.814.7K Ratings

🗓️ 1 July 2016

⏱️ 37 minutes

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Summary

With the recent passing of Ruth Bader Ginsburg, there's been a lot of debate about how much power the Supreme Court should really have.

We think of the Supreme Court justices as all-powerful beings, issuing momentous rulings from on high. But they haven’t always been so, you know, supreme. On this episode, we go all the way back to the case that, in a lot of ways, started it all.

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0:00.0

More perfect.

0:30.0

Jay, I'm Chad. I'm Rob. This is more perfect. A mini series about the Supreme Court to begin.

0:49.8

By the way, I'll explain the title of this podcast at the end. We live in a democracy with

0:55.3

three branches in it. You got the executive branch, the legislative branch, and the judicial branch.

0:59.9

Now that third branch, the judicial, the courts, consists of about a hundred-ish federal courts,

1:06.0

and on top of those courts is the court. This, this, this, this temple of nine, now eight,

1:13.3

unelected lifetime appointees who seem to have this tremendous power.

1:17.0

Almost tyrannical power. They are wickedly important, and we're reminded of this.

1:21.3

Schooly is death throws a huge unknown factor into this campaign every time we turn on the TV.

1:26.3

We are one justice away from losing our fundamental rights in this country.

1:30.1

Because here we are in an election, and the phrase that you hear a lot,

1:32.7

one of the most important things in that election I think.

1:35.0

This might be the most important thing to those of you who are young outside of that.

1:38.2

Is it one of the most important things the next president's going to do?

1:41.8

This next president may very well appoint between one and three or Supreme Court justices.

1:48.3

Now never mind that most Americans have no idea who the justices are.

1:50.8

Two-thirds can't even name a single justice.

1:52.7

I can't even name the one that just died.

1:54.3

I honestly couldn't tell you any of their names.

1:56.0

I can't.

1:56.9

I don't know any.

1:57.6

I am either.

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