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Historical Failures Appointing Supreme Court Justices
Historical Failures Appointing Supreme Court Justices
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Length:
43 minutes
Released:
Nov 20, 2016
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Podcast episode
Description
This week's episode looks at the vacant 9th seat to the Supreme Court and the Court's history with Justices who were appointed but never sat on the bench. FULL DISCLOSURE - This episode was recorded in the sweet, innocent time of early September, so there's some sections of this that are moot based on the election. In other words, come for the history, stay to laugh at the bad predictions from a month ago. Technically the law starts at (06:39), but the intro sets the table amidst a few short tangents.
Released:
Nov 20, 2016
Format:
Podcast episode
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