Controversial Supreme Court Decisions

The Supreme Court agrees to hear about 100-150 of the more than 7,000 cases that it is asked to review each year. Decisions made by the 9 Justices that sit on the Court are considered final… unless overturned by a subsequent decision. For many seeking justice, it is their last hope. From Dred Scott to Brown vs Board of Education to Obergefell vs Hodges, here in Episode 16, we take a look at a handful of Supreme Court decisions that, for better or worse, changed America. 

Episode Edits

Dred Scott was inherited by Dr. John Emerson's widow, not his sister.

 Books

 Black’s Law Dictionary 11th Edition

America: A Narrative History 11th Edition by David Emory Shi

The Supreme Court 13th Edition by Lawrence Baum

Without Precedent: Chief Justice John Marshall and His Times by Joel Richard Paul 

The Oxford Companion to The Supreme Court of The United States by Kermit L. Hall