No interviews, no panels, no nothing. This is mostly just the U.S. Supreme Court -- in its own words.
PART ONE: We begin with the 2000 GOP primary debate in Iowa, where there was some heated debate about the constitutionality of campaign finance legislation. Then, at 4:07, President Obama's criticism of the 'Citizens United' ruling during an address to Congress. After that, at 5:10, you'll hear Chief Justice John Roberts explain that if we don't like what his court does, then that's "just too bad." Finally, after a short excerpt from a dramatic reenactment of 'Marbury v. Madison,' you'll hear an excerpt from the PBS documentary 'Supreme Revenge,' summarizing Mitch McConnell's impact on the modern Court (6:27).
PART TWO: The remainder of the episode is a touched-up rendering of Justice David Souter's 2010 commencement address at Harvard University. At 12:59, he discusses the Pentagon Papers case. At 18:17, he discusses 'Brown v. Board' and the demise of Plessy's separate-but-equal paradigm.
