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I'm sure they thought that, well, the American people are divided about this now in 1973, but they were divided about segregation too, and they'll come along and see things in our way.

We'll be sort of the instructors, the schoolmasters of the American people. But it doesn't always

work out that one. This is your host, Scott

Bertram. And that's Dr. Paul Marino,

chair in constitutional history,

professor of history, and dean of social

sciences at Hillsdale College.

We talk in depth with Dr. Marino

today about his brand new book, Out Now,

How the Court became Supreme. Dr. Marino today about his brand new book, Out Now, How the Court Became.

Dr. Marino, thanks for joining us.

Thank you, Scott.

Always great to be on the show.

It is always a pleasure to have a new book from one of my wonderful colleagues in my hands,

and I do now, How the Court Became Supreme, the Origins origins of American jurisocracy.

We'll talk about that word in a little bit.

Paul Moreno's new book is out now, how the court became supreme.

You say that this is the most powerful court that the world has seen.

Why do you argue that?

Because at the time of the American founding, when the Supreme Court was created,

the idea of a separate third branch, you know, an independent judiciary, was something new.

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