Posts tagged Supreme Court
Is the current Supreme Court a threat to justice?
Is the current Supreme Court a threat to justice?

On this episode of UnTextbooked, producer Karly Shepherd interviews Pulitzer Prize-winning New York Times journalist Linda Greenhouse to discuss the Supreme Court’s increasing politicization and domination by the religious right. With a supermajority of conservative Justices, how should we perceive the Supreme Court today and the effects of it’s political changes on the United States’ democracy?

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Season 3, Karly ShepherdUnTextbooked Podcasthistory, justice, Supreme Court, justice on the brink, Karly Shepherd
How a Black teenager and his young lawyer changed America’s criminal justice system.
How a Black teenager and his young lawyer changed America’s criminal justice system.

The true story of Duncan v Louisiana, a Supreme Court case that ensured the right to a jury trial for all criminal cases. Elliot Smith interviews Matthew Van Meter about his book Deep Delta Justice.

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Elliot Smith, FeaturedJeff EmtmanCriminal Justice System, Civil Rights Movement, Supreme Court, Civil Rights, Justice, Jury Trial, Louisiana, Jim Crow, Racism, Duncan v. Louisiana, Gary Duncan, Richard Sobol, leander perez, plaquemines parish, white supremacy, matthew van meter, elliot smith, history, american history, incorporation of bill of rights, constitution, deep delta justice, podcast, youth