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Partisanship and the Supreme Court

Season 23 Episode 62 | 59m 39sVideo has Closed Captions

A discussion on the implications of partisanship within the U.S. Supreme Court.

The nine judges who hold the seats on the U.S. Supreme Court, the highest federal court of the United States, are responsible for the final interpreters of federal law. In recent history, their decisions have upheld President Trump's travel ban, Ohio's voter purging laws, and ruled in favorof the Colorado bakery owner who refused to make a wedding cake for a same-sex couple.

09/27/2018

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Partisanship and the Supreme Court

Season 23 Episode 62 | 59m 39sVideo has Closed Captions

The nine judges who hold the seats on the U.S. Supreme Court, the highest federal court of the United States, are responsible for the final interpreters of federal law. In recent history, their decisions have upheld President Trump's travel ban, Ohio's voter purging laws, and ruled in favorof the Colorado bakery owner who refused to make a wedding cake for a same-sex couple.

09/27/2018

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