Why is Marbury v. Madison in Trump’s Supreme Court brief?

Civics 101

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History, Government, Society & Culture

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🗓️ 23 April 2024

⏱️ 46 minutes

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You might think you know why Marbury v Madison is important: it set the precedent whereby the Supreme Court decides whether laws are constitutional or not, a power known as judicial review. But what else does this landmark decision say? And why is this case from more than two hundred years ago cited so prominently in former president Donald Trump's current Supreme Court brief? In this episode, host Hannah McCarthy "Hansplains" the connection between this famous case and current events, with the help of Quinnipiac University's Wayne Unger. CLICK HERE: Visit our website to see all of our episodes, donate to the podcast, sign up for our newsletter, get free educational materials, and more! To see Civics 101 in book form, check out A User's Guide to Democracy: How America Works by Hannah McCarthy and Nick Capodice, featuring illustrations by Tom Toro. Check out our other weekly NHPR podcast, Outside/In - we think you'll love it! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hello everyone.
0:02.0	Hannah.
0:03.0	Hello.
0:04.0	Hi.
0:05.0	We're at it again.
0:07.0	Here we go.
0:08.0	Welcome back to another round of Hannah Hansblains things to people who know more than me most of the time.
0:15.8	I am Hannah McCarthy.
0:17.4	I'm Rebecca LaVoy.
0:18.4	I'm Nick Capadiche.
0:19.6	I'm Christina Phillips.
0:20.7	And this is Civics 101, the podcast where, on occasion, we sit around a table and
0:25.7	gab about the state of the country on Mike instead of via furious texting on the group
0:30.3	chat.
0:32.2	And today, I want to talk about a Supreme Court case from
0:35.6	221 years ago and a Supreme Court case from two days in the future.
0:43.0	Oh, wow.
0:45.0	Yeah.
0:46.0	So the case from 221 years ago, some would say it's old news, but it's news that still makes a difference to this day.
0:52.0	1803 Marbury. It's news that still makes a difference to this day.
0:52.8	1803, Marbury versus Madison.
0:56.0	I am not gonna lay out the whole thing right here.
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