If women can’t catch a break in the boardroom or the legislature (or at the MTV VMA’s), what’s it going to take to let them speak from the bench of the highest court in the land? Episode Four...This season, More Perfect is taking its camera lens off the Supreme Court and zooming in on the words of the people: the 27 amendments that We The People have made to our Constitution. On first read the 16th and 22nd Amendments are at best sleepers and at worst, stinkers. Yates v. United StatesBrandenburg v. Ohio The key links: and digital experience of original music and art inspired by the 27 Amendments. He and his professor set out to chart an epidemic of interruptions.

I teared up during the part where Whittaker is just in the log cabin and possibly thinking about the case in silence. We're taking on these 27 amendments both in song and in story.

But for nearly a century after that, women had a hard time convincing the courts that they should be allowed to be jurors, lawyers, and bartenders, just the same as men. The key voices:

In this episode we take these forgotten Constitutional gems and make them shine. MORE PERFECT: THE GUN SHOW FINAL WEB TRANSCRIPT [RADIOLAB INTRO] JAD ABUMRAD: This is Radiolab. Get trippy with More Perfect as we try to understand the 9th, 10th and 11th amendments.

The Commerce Clause has allowed Congress to intervene in all kinds of situations — from penalizing one man for growing too much wheat on his farm, to enforcing the end of racial segregation nationwide.

A then-lawyer at the ACLU named Ruth Bader Ginsburg set out to convince an all-male Supreme Court to take sex discrimination seriously with an unconventional strategy. The shooting in Parkland, Florida on February 14, 2018, reignited an increasingly familiar debate about guns in this country. More Perfect explores how cases inside the rarefied world of the Supreme Court affect our lives far away from the bench. This episode is best listened to alongside 27: The Most Perfect Album, an entire album (an ALBUM!) and digital experience of original music and art inspired by the 27 Amendments. Supreme Court decisions shape everything from marriage and money to public safety and sex.

Think of these episodes as the audio liner notes. May 24, 2016 From the producers of Radiolab, More Perfect dives into the rarefied world of the Supreme Court. Think of these episodes as the audio liner notes. Graham v. Connor Additional production for this...“Equal protection of the laws” was granted to all persons by the 14th Amendment in 1868. ProPublica's report on Facebook's censorship policies ...Citizens United vs. Federal Election Commission is one of the most polarizing Supreme Court cases of all time. The answer, of course, is This episode of "More Perfect" is a fitting reminder of the humble origins of the Court -- or, as "More Perfect"'s Kelsey Padgett tells it, of how, in the early days of the republic, the Supreme Court had "sooooo little power.

What will be number 28? and digital experience of original music and art inspired by the 27 Amendments. This episode is best listened to alongside 27: The Most Perfect Album, an entire album (an ALBUM!) This episode is best listened to alongside 27: The Most Perfect Album, an entire album (an ALBUM!) Sep 25, 2018 The second episode of More Perfect's new season tackles the Fourth through Eighth Amendments and how they intersect — or fail to — with law enforcement and the criminal justice system.

We're taking on these 27 amendments both in song and in story. "27" is an album that marks a particular point in our history: this moment when we have 27 Amendments to our Constitution. This week, More...This season, More Perfect is taking its camera lens off the Supreme Court and zooming in on the words of the people: the 27 amendments that We The People have made to our Constitution. This season, More Perfect is taking its camera lens off the Supreme Court and zooming in on the words of the people: the 27 amendments that We The People have made to our Constitution.

Think of these episodes as the audio liner notes. Listen to Radiolab Presents: More Perfect episodes free, on demand. We're taking on these 27 amendments both in song and in story. This episode is best listened to alongside 27: The Most Perfect Album, an entire album (an ALBUM!) More Perfect bypasses the wonkiness and tells stories behind some of the court's biggest rulings. Radiolab's first ever spin-off series, More Perfect, connects you to the decisions made inside the court's hallowed halls, and explains what those rulings mean for "we the people" who exist far from the bench. Alongside the album, we’ll be launching SEASON THREE of our podcast, deep-diving into the history and resonance of the constitutional amendments with off-beat...What happens when the Supreme Court, the highest court in the land, seems to get it wrong? Think of these episodes as the audio liner notes.

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