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The Taft Court: Making Law for a Divided Nation

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Robert Post, Sterling Professor of Law at Yale Law School, delves into the highly anticipated volumes from the Oliver Wendell Holmes Devise History of the Supreme Court, The Taft Court Making Law for a Divided Nation, 1921–1930. Post explores the history of the Taft Court and the contrasting constitutional approaches among its justices, including Louis Brandeis and Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr., among others. Jeffrey Rosen, president and CEO of the National Constitution Center, moderates.


Additional Resources

  • Robert Post, The Taft Court: Making Law for a Divided Nation, 1921–1930
  • Meyer v. Nebraska, 262 U.S. 390 (1923)
  • Chas. Wolff Packing Co. v. Court of Ind. Relations, 262 U.S. 522 (1923)
  • Whitney v. California (1927)
  • Brandenburg v. Ohio (1969)
  • Gitlow v. New York (1925)


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