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Is the Supreme Court Really a Court?

Is the Supreme Court Really a Court?

FromPassing Judgment


Is the Supreme Court Really a Court?

FromPassing Judgment

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Length:
1 minute
Released:
Aug 4, 2020
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

Join host Jessica Levinson and guest Eric Segall. Eric is a professor at Georgia State University College of Law and an expert on the Supreme Court.
How does the Supreme Court make its decisions? Does the Court function as intended?
In this episode, Eric makes the provocative argument that the Supreme Court is not really a court, and that judges make their decisions on little more than their ideological views.
Released:
Aug 4, 2020
Format:
Podcast episode

Titles in the series (100)

Is the constitution in crisis? This podcast is for people who are curious about politics and the law and how the biggest political and legal issues of the moment affect you. Pull up a chair and join host Jessica Levinson, a professor at LMU’s Loyola Law School, and a rotating cast of experts. Jessica will be joined by journalists, politicians, political scientists, lawyers, and many others. Listen to Jessica and her guests for a wry, and sometimes irreverent take on the most pressing issues of our time. What are the laws of our democracy? How are they changing? And what does that mean for your daily life?