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The History of the Supreme Court starts all the way back at the very beginning of this important American institution – 1790, over 2 centuries ago, when the first Supreme Court meeting was held. Learn about how the Supreme Court started as a weak and unimportant system to becoming the highest court of law in the country today.
Discover what made such Supreme Court influences such as John Marshall, Louis Brandeis, Hugo Black, Earl Warren, Thurgood Marshall, Warren Burger, and William Rehnquist as well-known as they are today. Learn about facts from more current cases passing through this system. Hear recordings of lawyers arguing back and fourth from the 1966 case Miranda v. Arizona, which established the “Miranda rights� that we still hear of today in police interrogations.
The course is instructed by Professor Peter Irons, an experienced and knowledgeable law and politics student and professor. Professor Irons will teach the viewer about several of the most important and influential cases that shaped America into what it is today. Some decisions by chief justices being celebrated and bringing pride to the country, and others, one in particular, being called “the Court's most shameful decision�.
You will hear dramatic moments from the arguments over Roe v. Wade, the voice of future Justice Thurgood Marshall, who was active in both Brown v. Board of Education and Plessy v. Ferguson. Also learn about how the Court works to achieve consensus, how the court's decisions reflect changes in our society, and how diversity in American society has influenced the Court's decisions and selection of cases. Join Professor Irons on a trip back in time to understand the groundworks and great figures and cases of the most prestigious American legal system.
(about 1080 minutes)
This video was added to our catalog on May 17, 2005 in Academic::History.
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Pretty dry - just the teacher standing at a podium talking most of the time with a few black and white still pictures now and again - but I thought the content was very interesting. Basically an American History class told though the court decisions of the times.
I was facinated by the way he covered not just the famous _good_ decisions made by the court, but also its many failures. It definately changed my view of the Supreeme Court from a semi-magical institution to what it really is, a bunch people making hard decisions limited by thier own flaws and the problems of thier times.
