What will today's Supreme Court be remembered for? On the next Your Call, as the Senate Judiciary Committee holds hearings on Elena Kagan's nomination, we'll talk about how decisions facing the Court today will impact society in the long term. Where is the law changing most? Join us live at 11 or send us an email at feedback@yourcallradio.org. How are technological and social change challenging interpretations of the Constitution? Is there a recent ruling or an upcoming case you think will make a big difference in the years to come? It's Your Call, with Rose Aguilar and you.
Guests:
Rory Little--UC Hastings Professor of Law
Daniel Farber--UC Berkeley Professor of Law and author of Judgment Calls: Politics and Principle in Constitutional Law
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There are two things which have shaped my opinion about the supreme court: the first was the bush v gore case (as you've already mentioned). The nauseating aspect of which was not (only) the decision itself but the fact that it was such an important case which was decided precisely along political lines. The second is that may sister (who just finished law school) went to observe the supreme court in session and watched as justice Thomas slept(!) though arguments. I frankly have little respect for the instution. An excellent idea (to have an body insulated from politics deciding law)- in practice a farce.
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