Federal Judiciary

Shaping America podcast with Ed Mannino

By Adam Schlossman

SCOTUSblog interviews trial lawyer and legal historian Ed Mannino about his book, Shaping America: The Supreme Court and American Society, a comprehensive history of the Supreme Court.

An outline of highlights from the podcast, which is approximately fifteen minutes long:

0:41 ? Why he wrote the book

1:53 ? The Supreme Court as an institutional barrier to rapid political and social change.

5:08 – Public opinion and the Court

7:58 ? How the additions of Justices Kagan and Sotomayor might affect the current Court

11:00 ? The most surprising conclusion: Establishment Clause cases are based on bad history

11:55 ? The Supreme Court and how it adapts to changes in political power

Listen to the podcast by clicking  here or by clicking the purple  image on the left.

All podcasts we?ve recorded since 2006 are available on a single convenient podcast feed, which you can subscribe to by searching for ?scotusblog? on iTunes.  This podcast should appear on the iTunes feed shortly.

Full post as published by SCOTUSBLOG on September 30, 2010 (boomark / email).