Better than Washington

Washington: Year 7, Part 2


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Today, in the second of a two-part episode, we finish our talk about Washington's seventh year as President of the United States. We'll talk about civil rights technicalities, the littlest Chief Justice, and how idealists almost ruined the Jay Treaty...again.

Resources I used for this episode include:

--A couple articles about Hylton v. United States:

  • https://www.oyez.org/cases/1789-1850/3us171
  • https://tile.loc.gov/storage-services/service/ll/usrep/usrep003/usrep003171/usrep003171.pdf
  • https://www.loc.gov/item/usrep003171/
  • --A couple recordings of the decision on United States v. Peters:

    • https://tile.loc.gov/storage-services/service/ll/usrep/usrep003/usrep003121/usrep003121.pdf
    • https://supreme.justia.com/cases/federal/us/3/121/
    • --An Article about Talbot v. Janson: https://www.law.cornell.edu/supremecourt/text/3/133

      Content Warnings: this podcast does contain discussions involving historical events in which the United States of America has been involved. As such, there are frank discussions of slavery, Native American genocide, and other upsetting events. This episode also features a brief mention of a suicide attempt.

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      Better than WashingtonBy Duncan Harrison