May It Please the Court
May It Please the Court immerses listeners in the dramatic history of the Supreme Court’s most consequential rulings and unpacks how the same constitutional sentence has been reinterpreted across generations, shaping the world we live in today.
May It Please the Court
Centennial Crisis (The Election of 1876) | The Equal Protection Clause, Pt. 1
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Alex Akhavan
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Alex discusses the chaotic 1876 Presidential election, involving disputed ballots, voter suppression, and political brinkmanship that led to end of Reconstruction Era and turned the tide against racial equality.