If you didnt watch, i envy you. There was nothing new, republicans and democrats placed their assigned roles but we are not here to talk about that. We are talking about something more interesting, the Roberts Court. More than any other Supreme Court justice in recent history, john roberts has played a defining role in shaping our free speech block. Hes been more than twice as many majority opinions in this area than any of his colleagues and there is a certain result in 95 of the greek expression cases decided in his tenure, hes been in the majority. Hes taken the lead of nearly 80 of the time so theres Something Special about this, something that speaks to how john roberts sees the court. The first conference of report the roberts report, collins and hudson, each of whom is published more than ten books on free speech examined 56 cases handed down by Roberts Court from 2005 to 2020. He offers i open details looks at the cases and justices different approaches. Here to tell us about i
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Supreme Court Nominee judge amy coney barrett. Good afternoon. Good morning. Welcome to the virtual Cato Institute. Im the director of Robert E Lee Center for constitutional studies and author of the new book, supreme disorder judicial nominations and politics of americas highest court and related to that, im glad everyone taking a break from the barrett confirmation hearings this morning. If you didnt watch, i envy you. There was nothing new, republicans and democrats placed their assigned roles but we are not here to talk about that. We are talking about something more interesting, the Roberts Court. More than any other Supreme Court justice in recent history, john roberts has played a defining role in shaping our free speech block. Hes been more than twice as many majority opinions in this area than any of his colleagues and there is a certain result in 95 of the greek expression cases decided in his tenure, hes been in the majority. Hes taken the lead of nearly 80 of the time so th
Petitioner, versus arizona. We are argument, number 18, row versus wade. Quite often, in our most famous decisions are once that the court took unpopular. Lets go through a few cases that illustrate very dramatically and visually what it means to live in a society of 310 million different people who help stick together because they believe in the rule of law. Good evening and welcome to cspan and the National Constitution centers landmark cases series. Tonight, case number 11 out of 12. And this is the 1966 case miranda v. Arizona that helped revolutionize producing during the night. Its your under arrest, you have the right to remain silent, anything you say can be used against you do you know your miranda . Writes yes. Lets hear them. You have a lot of stuff to do. Are you sure you understand your rights . Oh, yes. He explained them to me. Just like they do on television. Ive done nothing wrong. If the right to remain silent. I bought them. Talk to my lawyer. You have the right to an
Host we get to talk about the Supreme Court history for an hour. I want to start by understanding the court today. The way our court is structured and how it has evolved, how does the chief justice in this era wield authority . What tools do they have . Elizabeth the answer to that question is, in this era, as always, the chief justice, first and foremost, is the head and steward of one of our three ranches of government. I think there are some unique spects about that job in the sense that the court is not a political branch. It was deliberately designed not to be. The chief has a difficult job, because, im sure you heard this expression. The chief is chief among equals. They cannot control the other justices. They have the power to cajole, but not control. And there are some Great Stories throughout history that illustrate that very well. Host specifically, does the chief have a role in what cases are heard, and who writes the opinions . Elizabeth those are probably two of the princi