The Supreme Court

Discusses the history of the Supreme Court and examines cases that have shaped it, including slavery, segregation, and s... (more)

Discusses the history of the Supreme Court and examines cases that have shaped it, including slavery, segregation, and school prayer. (less)

Read about the highest court in the United States and learn how it has shaped our nation today. (more)

Read about the highest court in the United States and learn how it has shaped our nation today. (less)

Learn all about the Supreme Court and the members serving on the Supreme Court. (more)

Learn all about the Supreme Court and the members serving on the Supreme Court. (less)

"This accessible guide to the United States Supreme Court explains the Court's history and authority, its structure and ... (more)

"This accessible guide to the United States Supreme Court explains the Court's history and authority, its structure and processes, its most important and enduring legal decisions, and its place in the American political system"-- (less)

One Day University presents a series of video lectures recorded in real-time from some of the top minds in the United St... (more)

One Day University presents a series of video lectures recorded in real-time from some of the top minds in the United States. Given by award-winning professors and experts in their field, these recorded lectures dive deep into the worlds of religion, government, literature, and social justice. The Founding Fathers likely could not have ever imagined the Supreme Court becoming one of the most powerful policymaking institutions in the United States. Yet today, the Court has the power to sidestep public opinion, upend federal legislation, constrain state governance, and even bring down the President. Professor Gash will demonstrate why the Court's makeup can make or break American public policy. She will also discuss in detail the recent hard-fought confirmation of Brett Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court and whether the politics of Kavanaugh's and other recent Court nominations may well end up eroding the checking capacity of the Court. Professor Gash will discuss the Kavanaugh nomination within the context of increasing partisan discord over Supreme Court nominations. She will also touch on the implications of this increased partisanship on the Court's ability to put politics aside when adjudicating over specific cases or upholding the rule of law. To what degree will this be damaged if Court nominations and nominees become vulnerable to the same partisan strife that characterizes the political world? If that happens, who will check politics? (less)

One Day University presents a series of video lectures recorded in real-time from some of the top minds in the United St... (more)

One Day University presents a series of video lectures recorded in real-time from some of the top minds in the United States. Given by award-winning professors and experts in their field, these recorded lectures dive deep into the worlds of religion, government, literature, and social justice. Few at the Founding could have ever imagined the Supreme Court becoming one of the most powerful policymaking institutions in the United States. Yet today, the Court has the power to sidestep public opinion, upend federal legislation, constrain state governance and even bring down the President. Professor Alison Gash will take us back to the Court's humble beginnings, charting how the Court amassed its power under Justice Marshall's leadership. Professor Gash will introduce us to the Court's struggles under pre-and post-Reconstruction, racial apartheid, its skirmishes with legislative and executive power during the New Deal era, and its foray into areas of privacy, intimacy, and expression. As we walk through the Court's history, meandering through landmark decisions, Professor Gash will use her research on law and social policy to highlight the importance of understanding the Court not only as a legal actor but also as a significant source of policy innovation and paralysis. Through this lens, Professor Gash will demonstrate why the Court's makeup-its personalities and its relationships-can make or break American public policy. (less)

Learn all about the United States Supreme Court. Its history, the role it plays in the government, its powers as well as... (more)

Learn all about the United States Supreme Court. Its history, the role it plays in the government, its powers as well as its checks and balances, the process by which a case gets heard, how the Supreme Court arrives at and announces a decision, who the current Supreme Court Justices are, the nomination process by which the current vacancy on the Supreme Court will be filled. All of this are covered in depth with detailed graphics, diagrams and exciting video. (less)