The Surprising History of the Supreme Court Footnote

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🗓️ 16 September 2024

⏱️ 46 minutes

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Matt is doing a bit of blending of work and pleasure today, by sharing with everyone his footnote fetish. Let's all make this a safe place for Matt to share his more controversial proclivities. Joining us is the author of the book in the episode title, Peter Charles Hoffer. Professor Hoffer is Distinguished Research Professor of History at the University of Georgia. Unlike the justices, Professor Hoffer is an actual historian. Listen and find out not only the fascinating footnote history, but also yet more reasons why originalism and "history and tradition" are not good ways for untrained amateur historians like Samuel Alito to do jurisprudence.

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0:00.0	Well, when the president does it, that means that it is not illegal.
0:07.0	He gags me! What's my crime? I got bold and a little negligent? Nope!
0:23.0	Bales are coming to take away my will to live.
0:28.0	Fuck them, lo!
0:32.0	One count of being a bear, and one count of being an accessory to being a bear.
0:37.0	I hate the Supreme Court.
0:42.6	Hello and welcome to opening arguments.
0:46.9	This is episode 1,069.
0:49.3	I'm your host Thomas Smith.
0:50.5	And in a moment, I'm gonna hop on over to Matt and our guest in exactly
0:55.5	that order. On today's episode we have the author of a book that is just
0:59.7	right up Matt's alley Professor Peter Charles Hoffer who wrote the book The Supreme Court
1:05.9	footnote, a surprising history. Regular listeners will know Matt has got a thing for footnotes
1:11.9	shall we say?
1:12.6	So let's jump right on over to Matt.
1:14.8	So Matt, we are going to be speaking
1:16.4	with Professor Peter Charles Hoffer.
1:18.5	He wrote a book that I'm sure you have to keep a different book around it,
1:22.0	you know, like in school, like the...
1:24.0	Yeah, it's at the top shelf at the gas station, paper wrapping.
1:28.0	Because it is called the Supreme Court footnote and we know your sorted history with footnotes.
1:32.8	I am a footnote fetishist and I will not deny it.
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