Above The Fray?: Ideology & The Court

Above The Fray?: Ideology & The Court

As of June 2016, the Republican controlled Senate is still refusing to consider President Obama’s nominee for the Supreme Court. Supreme Court nominees, and the sitting justices have often been at the center of political storms. From Marbury v. Madison, w
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BackStory is a weekly public podcast hosted by U.S. historians Ed Ayers, Brian Balogh, Nathan Connolly and Joanne Freeman. We're based in Charlottesville, Va. at the Virginia Foundation for the Humanities. Each week we take a topic that people are t...

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As of June 2016, the Republican controlled Senate is still refusing
to consider President Obama’s nominee for the Supreme Court.
Supreme Court nominees, and the sitting justices have often been at
the center of political storms. From Marbury v. Madison, which
elevated the court to a co-equal branch of government, to FDR’s
infamous court packing plan, and the failed nomination of
conservative judge Robert Bork in the 1987 - the Guys look at how
political pressures have shaped the country’s highest court.

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