Landmark Cases: Historic Supreme Court Decisions

Landmark Cases: Historic Supreme Court Decisions is a series first aired by C-SPAN in the fall of 2015 about 12 key cases argued in front of the U.S. Supreme Court. A second season aired in the winter and spring of 2018, in which 12 additional cases were discussed.[1] Each episode is 90 minutes long, airs live, and examines a specific case in detail. The series is hosted by Susan Swain, and episodes typically feature two legal scholars discussing the case, video footage from locations pertinent to the case, and questions and comments from viewers. C-SPAN produced the series in conjunction with the National Constitution Center.[2]

For court decisions considered to be particularly significant, see Lists of landmark court decisions.
Landmark Cases
Presented bySusan Swain
Country of originUnited States
Original language(s)English
No. of seasons2
No. of episodes24
Production
Executive producer(s)Mark Farkas
Ben O'Connell
Running time90 minutes
Release
Original networkC-SPAN
First shown inOctober 5, 2015 – December 21, 2015;
February 26, 2018 - May 14, 2018
External links
Website

Supreme Court journalist Tony Mauro wrote companion books for each season, which were published by C-SPAN and CQ Press. They drew on Mauro's earlier book Illustrated Great Decisions of the Supreme Court.[3][4]

Table of episodes
First air date
(with link to video)		CaseYear of
case		Featured guests
First season (October 5, 2015 - December 21, 2015)
October 5, 2015Marbury v. Madison1803Akhil Reed Amar
Clifford Sloan
October 12, 2015Scott v. Sandford1857Christopher Bracey
Martha Jones
October 19, 2015The Slaughterhouse Cases1873Paul Clement
Michael Ross
October 26, 2015Lochner v. New York1905Randy Barnett
Paul Kens
November 2, 2015Schenck v. United States1919Beverly Gage
Thomas Goldstein
November 9, 2015Korematsu v. United States1944Peter Irons
Karen Korematsu
November 16, 2015Youngstown Sheet & Tube Co. v. Sawyer1952Michael Gerhardt
William G. Howell
November 23, 2015Brown v. Board of Education1954Jeffrey Rosen*
Tomiko Brown-Nagin
November 30, 2015Mapp v. Ohio1962Carolyn Long
Renee Hutchins
December 7, 2015Baker v. Carr1962Theodore Olson
J. Douglas Smith
December 14, 2015Miranda v. Arizona1966Jeffrey Rosen
Paul Cassel
December 21, 2015Roe v. Wade1973Clarke Forsythe
Melissa Murray
Second season (February 26, 2018 - May 14, 2018)
February 26, 2018McCulloch v. Maryland1819Mark Killenbeck
Farah Peterson
March 5, 2018The Civil Rights Cases1883Danielle Holley-Walker
Peter Kirsanow
March 12, 2018Yick Wo v. Hopkins1886Josh Blackman
Mae Ngai
March 19, 2018Plessy v. Ferguson1896Michael Klarman
Ted Shaw
March 26, 2018Gideon v. Wainwright1963Akhil Reed Amar
Paul Clement
April 2, 2018Griswold v. Connecticut1965Helen Alvare
Rachel Rebouche
April 9, 2018Katz v. United States1967Jamil Jaffer
Jeffrey Rosen
April 16, 2018Brandenburg v. Ohio1969Katie Fallow
Nadine Strossen
April 23, 2018Tinker v. Des Moines1969Erik Jaffe
Mary Beth Tinker
April 30, 2018New York Times v. United States1971Floyd Abrams
Ted Olson
May 7, 2018Gregg v. Georgia1976Kent Scheidegger
Carol Steiker
May 14, 2018Regents of Univ. Cal v. Bakke1978Randy Barnett
Neal Katyal

Note: Kannon Shanmugam had originally been scheduled to appear on this program, but was replaced by Rosen.[5]

References
  1. "BEGINNING FEBRUARY 26, 2018: A Second Season of C-SPAN's Special History Series: "Landmark Cases: Historic Supreme Court Decisions"" (PDF). C-SPAN. Retrieved 25 February 2018.
  2. Eggerton, John (10 September 2015). "C-SPAN Profiles Landmark Supreme Court Cases". Broadcasting & Cable. Archived from the original on 27 December 2015. Retrieved 18 March 2016.
  3. "Landmark Cases Book". Landmark Cases. C-SPAN. Archived from the original on 10 March 2016. Retrieved 19 March 2016.
  4. "Landmark Cases: Historic Supreme Court Decisions, Volume 2". C-SPAN.
  5. Walsh, Mark (20 November 2015). "C-SPAN to Examine Brown v. Board of Education in 'Landmark Cases' Series". Education Week. Archived from the original on 5 April 2016. Retrieved 19 March 2016.
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