The Hands That Rock The Cradle: Donald Trump, the Supreme Court, and the Federalist Society.
Release Date: 10/13/2020
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EPISODE SUMMARY
In 2016, Donald Trump promised to cede his Constitutional duty to appoint Supreme Court justices to the Federalist Society. In this episode, the hosts discuss the influence and motivation of this organization, whose origin and rise is explored in the 2019 PBS Frontline episode “Supreme Revenge.”
A FEW KEY TAKEAWAYS FROM THIS EPISODE
- Knowing the background of The Federalist Society and how that plays into this landscape.
- References to several cases, such as Brown vs. Board of Education, Bolling vs. Sharpe, and Lucy vs. Adams
- The unequal balance of state and federal levels.
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https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/magazine/wp/2019/01/02/feature/conquerors-of-the-courts/
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