The History of the Supreme Court Part 1 of 3

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Lecture 1. Personality and principle -- Lecture 2. Shaping the Constitution and the Court -- Lecture 3. Ratification and the Bill of Rights -- Lecture 4. John Marshall takes control -- Lecture 5. Impeachment, contract and federal power -- Lecture 6. Roger Taney takes control -- Lecture 7. A small pleasant-looking negro -- Lecture 8. The Civil War amendments -- Lecture 9. Separate but equal -- Lecture 10. Two justices from Boston -- Lecture 11. The laissez-faire court -- Lecture 12. Clear and present danger.
Lecture 13. The Taft Court and the twenties -- Lecture 14. Wins and losses for New Deal laws -- Lecture 15. Court packing and constitutional revolution -- Lecture 16. The New Dealers take control -- Lecture 17. Beyond the reach of majorities -- Lecture 18. Pearl Harbor and panic -- Lecture 19. The Supreme Court and the Communist Party -- Lecture 20. Thurgood Marshall, lawyer and justice -- Lecture 21. Five Jim Crow schools and five cases -- Lecture 22. The hearts and minds of black children -- Lecture 23. War against the Constitution -- Lecture 24. Earl Warren, politician to Chief Justice.
Lecture 25. We beg thy blessings -- Lecture 26. You have the right to remain silent -- Lecture 27. The Warren Court reshapes the Constitution -- Lecture 28. Earl Warren leaves, Warren Burger arrives -- Lecture 29. A right to privacy -- Lecture 30. From abortion to Watergate -- Lecture 31. The court faces affirmative action -- Lecture 32. Down from the pedestal, out of the closet -- Lecture 33. Burning flags and burning crosses -- Lecture 34. Prayer and abortion return to the court -- Lecture 35. One vote decides two crucial cases -- Lecture 36. Looking back and looking ahead.
Lecturer: Peter Irons of the University of California at San Diego.
A thirty-six lecture course that traces the development of the United States Supreme Court from its founding to the present, with a focus on the landmark cases that have reflected conflicts in American society.
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