Michael Kirk joins us to talk about how a fairly uneventful process of a Supreme Court nominee unanimously approval became ground zero for partisan conflict.
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How Political Is The Roberts Court?
Joan Biskupic joins us to talk about Chief Justice John Roberts’ commitment to conservative principles and his dedication to preserving the court’s image.
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How The Supreme Court Got So Powerful
David Kaplan, former legal affairs editor of Newsweek, joins us to take a behind-the-scenes look at how the Supreme Court operates – and to talk about times when justices have overstepped their boundaries.
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The Supreme Court’s Texas Decisions
This hour, we’ll discuss the immigration and affirmative action decisions with SMU professor of law Lackland Bloom. And later in the show, we’ll preview the court’s upcoming decision concerning restrictive abortion laws in Texas with SMU associate professor of law Jessica Dixon Weaver.
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Suspense In The Supreme Court
This hour, as we broadcast from NPR Headquarters in Washington, we’ll talk about cases currently being argued before the court with NPR legal affairs correspondent Nina Totenberg and Amy Howe, editor of the SCOTUS Blog.
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The Life Of Antonin Scalia
This hour, we’ll talk about Scalia with Bryan Garner, the editor-in-chief of Black’s Law Dictionary who was both a collaborator and friend. And we’ll talk about the Supreme Court going forward with Royal Furgeson, dean of the UNT Dallas College of Law.
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