My last marathon-lengthed post about Federalism was spawned by my watching of a new PBS 4-part series on “The Supreme Court”. I’ve got to say, this documentary is absolutely brilliant and gives me a great new understanding of the nuances of both the Supreme Court and the Constitution. (The segment “A New Kind of Justice” helped me to finally understand what the 14th Amendment was all about, and how it was used to ultimately give rights to corporations.)
Like most PBS programming, they rerun and rerun these things all the time, so go find your local listings, program your Tivo or VCR, and watch it. Only the first two parts, One Nation Under Law and A New Kind of Justice have come out. The next one first airs this Wednesday, so it’s not too late to start watching. There are also interviews with our new Chief Justice Roberts.