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May it Please the Court

UntwistTheFacts

Did you know that a lot of the most famous landmark Supreme Court cases were all decided because of one sentence? From contraception laws to interracial marriage to abortion to same-sex marr...

May it Please the Court Podcast Guide

Listen to May it Please the Court, a Government & Organizations podcast by UntwistTheFacts. Stream 11 episodes in English, follow new audio stories, and play episodes online on Radio and Podcast.

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Episodes

11 episodes are available for this podcast.

Episodes

11 episodes

S01, Episode X - #LoveWins

In the season finale of May It Please The Court, the justices decide the issue of same-sex marriage. In 2015, twelve years after the Court's...

00:27:26Sep 10, 2018

S01, Episode IX - A Lovers' Quarrel

It's a new millennium, and gay rights advocates take another stab at invalidating anti-sodomy laws in the landmark case of Lawrence v. Texas...

00:26:08Sep 4, 2018

S01, Episode VIII - The O'Connor Burden

It’s a Roe v. Wade rematch when the Supreme Court hears the case of Planned Parenthood vs. Casey in 1992. As a new split forms among the Cou...

00:25:42Aug 27, 2018

S01, Episode VII - No Conceivable Limit

Substantive due process is now a political issue. Republicans start appointing justices willing to reverse or limit the doctrine responsible...

00:26:37Aug 20, 2018

S01, Episode VI - Jane Roe

With substantive due process back in full force, the Supreme Court takes up the issue of abortion and decides its most controversial case in...

00:27:05Aug 13, 2018

S01, Episode V - Loving

Just two years after its historic decision in Griswold v. Connecticut, the Supreme Court decides a landmark case about interracial marriage....

00:22:47Aug 6, 2018

S01, Episode III - Delano's Wrath

The Lochner Era continues well into the 1930s. The Supreme Court was as divided as ever and starts to become a problem for President Frankli...

00:29:01Aug 6, 2018

S01, Episode II - The Baker's Arrest

Justice Rufus Peckham gets his chance to make history by writing a new precedent that would dictate American domestic economic policy for a...

00:25:05Jul 31, 2018

S01, Episode I - What Liberty?

In the pilot, Alex Akhavan traces the origins of the Due Process clause starting with the ratification of the 14th amendment and the birth o...

00:24:25Jul 29, 2018