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Why you should care about these Supreme Court cases this season

Members of the US Supreme Court pose for a group photograph at the Supreme Court building in Washington, DC.
Members of the US Supreme Court pose for a group photograph at the Supreme Court building in Washington, DC.
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Why you should care about these Supreme Court cases this season

The justices’ decision to make gay marriage the law of the land was one of last Supreme Court term’s biggest cases.

As the nine justices put on their judicial robes to start a new term, guest host Patt Morrison and a panel of constitutional law experts weigh in on which cases we should be paying attention to.

Guests:

Timothy Johnson, Professor of Political Science and Law at the University of Minnesota, and co-author of “Oral Arguments and Coalition Formation on the U.S. Supreme Court: A Deliberate Dialogue” (University Michigan Press, 2012)

Margaret Russell, Professor of Law at Santa Clara University. Her areas of expertise include constitutional law and the Supreme Court