In a special live recording from San Francisco in late May, Sarah interviewed former Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer about his judicial philosophy, the future of the court, and accepting dissent in America.
The Agenda:
— How snails explain the Supreme Court
— To recuse or to not recuse?
— The Court’s public approval and its response to public approval
— Rule of law
— Unenumerated rights
— Humor in the Court
— Audience questions
Show Notes:
— Stephen Breyer’s Reading the Constitution
— The Education of Henry Adams
— Edith Wharton’s The Age of Innocence
— Willa Cather’s The Professor’s House
— Mahanoy Area School District v. B.L.: The “Angry cheerleader” SCOTUS case
— Brown v. Board of Education & The Little Rock School Integration Crisis
— District of Columbia v. Heller
— Poe v. Ullman
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