When Chief Justice Earl Warren was asked at the end of his career, “What was the most important case of your tenure?”, there were a lot of answers he could have given. After all, he had presided over some of the most important decisions in the court’s history — cases that dealt with segregation in schools, the right to an attorney, the right to remain silent, just to name a few. But his answer was a surprise: He said, “Baker v. Carr,” a 1962 redistricting case.
Radiolab has started a new podcast called “More Perfect,” a deep dive into past rulings by Supreme Court. Each episode details a different ruling, tracing the law’s original implementation, what led to it reaching the Supreme Court and how the justices came to a decision.
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