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The Harvard Plan
Season 4
Reporter Ilya Marritz—a longtime fan of More Perfect—drops in to share a new series he’s made with The Boston Globe and WNYC’s On the Media. The Harvard Plan investigates how the Trump administration…
Published on an hour ago
No More Souters - Revisited
Season 4 Episode 13
Justice David Souter has died. Souter was one of the most private, low-profile justices ever to have served on the Supreme Court. He rarely gave interviews or speeches. Yet his tenure was anything b…
Published on 6 months, 1 week ago
Andy Warhol and the Art of Judging Art
Season 4 Episode 12
The law protects creators' original work against copycats, but it also leaves the door open for some kinds of copying. When a photographer sues the Andy Warhol Foundation for using her work without p…
Published on 2 years, 3 months ago
The Original Anti-Vaxxer
Season 4 Episode 11
In 1902, a Swedish-American pastor named Henning Jacobson refused to get the smallpox vaccine. This launched a chain of events leading to two landmark Supreme Court cases, in which the Court consider…
Published on 2 years, 3 months ago
Not Even Past: Dred Scott Reprise
Season 4 Episode 10
Dred Scott v. Sandford is one of the most infamous cases in Supreme Court history: in 1857, an enslaved person named Dred Scott filed a suit for his freedom and lost. In his decision, Chief Justice R…
Published on 2 years, 3 months ago
No More Souters
Season 4 Episode 9
David Souter is one of the most private, low-profile justices ever to have served on the Supreme Court. He rarely gives interviews or speeches. Yet his tenure was anything but low profile. Deemed a “…
Published on 2 years, 4 months ago
Off the Record, On the Stand
Season 4 Episode 8
Recently, On the Media’s Micah Loewinger was called to testify in court. He had reported on militia groups who’d helped lead the January 6 attack on the Capitol. Now the government was using his work…
Published on 2 years, 4 months ago
Adoptive Couple v. Baby Girl Reprise
Season 4 Episode 7
Last week, the Supreme Court upheld the Indian Child Welfare Act in a case called Haaland v. Brackeen. The decision comes almost exactly 10 years after the Supreme Court ruled in Adoptive Couple v. B…
Published on 2 years, 4 months ago
Part 2: If Not Viability, Then What?
Season 4 Episode 6
Now that the “viability line” in pregnancy — as defined by Roe v. Wade — is no longer federal law, lawmakers and lawyers are coming up with new frameworks for abortion access at a dizzying rate. In t…
Published on 2 years, 5 months ago
Part 1: The Viability Line
Season 4 Episode 5
When the justices heard oral arguments in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, the landmark abortion case, one word came up more than any other: viability. The viability line was at the core…
Published on 2 years, 5 months ago