Jeffrey Rosen and Tomiko Brown-Nagin talked about the 1954 U.S. Supreme Court case Brown v. Board of Education, in which the court unanimously ruled that separate public schools were not equ…
28,302 viewsProfessors Christopher Bracey and Martha Jones talked about the background of the 1857 Supreme Court case Dred Scott v. Sandford, in which the court sided 7-2 with slavery and declared that …
28,119 viewsProfessors Carolyn Long and Renee Hutchins talked about the 1961 U.S. Supreme Court case Mapp v. Ohio, in which the court applied, via a 5-4 decision, Fourth Amendment protection against “un…
48,098 viewsTheodore Olson and Douglas Smith talked about the 1962 Supreme Court case Baker v. Carr, in which the court ruled that the drawing of election districts was a constitutional rather than a po…
89,084 viewsJeff Rosen and Paul Cassel talked about the 1966 U.S. Supreme Court case Miranda v. Arizona, in which the court ruled 5-4 that criminal suspects must be informed of their right against self-…
36,750 viewsBeverly Gage and Thomas Goldstein talked about the 1919 Supreme Court case Schenck v. United States, in which the court unanimously ruled that the Espionage Act of 1917 was constitutional, e…
42,884 viewsAkhil Reed Amar and Clifford Sloan talked about the background of the 1803 U.S. Supreme Court case Marbury v. Madison, in which the court ruled unanimously that it was the ultimate arbiter o…
54,147 viewsPrior to the president’s annual State of the Union Address, reporter Scott Wong previewed the address and former House Historian Ray Smock talked about the history of the annual event and si…
2,026 viewsPaul Clement and Michael Ross talked about the 1873 Supreme Court ruling on the Slaughterhouse Cases, in which the court declined 5-4 to broadly apply the Fourteenth Amendment when New Orlea…
31,821 viewsProfessors Michael Gerhardt and William Howell talked about the 1952 U.S. Supreme Court case Youngstown Sheet and Tube v. Sawyer, in which the court limited the power of the president to sei…
25,822 viewsRandy Barnett and Paul Kens talked about the 1905 U.S. Supreme Court case Lochner v. New York in which the court voted 5-4 to strike down a state law restricting the number of hours that a b…
21,513 viewsPeter Irons and Karen Korematsu talked about the 1944 U.S. Supreme Court case Korematsu V. United States, in which the court ruled 6-3 that Japanese internment camps were necessary for the p…
36,206 viewsSenator Chuck Grassley (R-IA) talked about U.S. Supreme Court landmark decisions and their relevance today.
2,601 viewsClarke Forsythe and Melissa Murray talked about the 1973 U.S. Supreme Court case Roe v. Wade, in which the court ruled 7-2 that women have a constitutional, but not absolute, right to termin…
28,879 viewsRepresentative Kevin Brady (R-TX) talked about his bid to replace Representative Paul Ryan (R-WI) as chair of the House Ways and Means Committee. Topics included the recent budget deal, tax …
598 viewsSenator John Hoeven (R-ND), author of the Keystone XL Pipeline Act being considered in the Senate, talked about the legislation, President Obama’s threatened veto, and the future of U.S. ene…
1,685 viewsIowa’s Republican and Democratic party chairs, Jeff Kaufmann and Andy McGuire, talked about the 2016 presidential campaigns and vetting of candidates, the February caucuses, and some of the …
1,229 viewsSenator Mike Lee (R-UT) talked about the Patriot Act and the USA Freedom Act, and other Senate topics including the fiscal year 2016 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA). After the inte…
539 viewsRepresentative Bob Goodlatte (R-VA), chair of the House Judiciary Committee, talked about immigration. Topics included President Obama’s executive orders allowing some undocumented immigrant…
1,156 viewsLive coverage was shown of Pope Francis' historic visit to the U.S. During his visit, Pope Francis became the first pontiff in history to deliver an address to a joint meeting of Congress.
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