Sharon McMahon

When it was 5-4 or when it was a more liberal swing to the court, the conservative members would not have advocated for taking up these cases because they know they're not going to be decided in their favor. And so now the opposite is true. The pendulum has swung to the right on the court.

When it was 5-4 or when it was a more liberal swing to the court, the conservative members would not have advocated for taking up these cases because they know they're not going to be decided in their favor. And so now the opposite is true. The pendulum has swung to the right on the court.

When it was 5-4 or when it was a more liberal swing to the court, the conservative members would not have advocated for taking up these cases because they know they're not going to be decided in their favor. And so now the opposite is true. The pendulum has swung to the right on the court.

I think that's absolutely true. The role of the court has evolved over time significantly. Members of the Supreme Court used to literally ride around on horseback to hear cases. They didn't even have a building.

I think that's absolutely true. The role of the court has evolved over time significantly. Members of the Supreme Court used to literally ride around on horseback to hear cases. They didn't even have a building.

I think that's absolutely true. The role of the court has evolved over time significantly. Members of the Supreme Court used to literally ride around on horseback to hear cases. They didn't even have a building.

They were in the basement of the Capitol. They didn't even have a building until the 1930s. And so if you think about the visibility of or the optics of we meet in the basement of the legislative branch. Yeah. The optics are very different than the building they have now, which is like on the top of the steps with the big marble pillars. It seems very grandiose and official. Yeah.

They were in the basement of the Capitol. They didn't even have a building until the 1930s. And so if you think about the visibility of or the optics of we meet in the basement of the legislative branch. Yeah. The optics are very different than the building they have now, which is like on the top of the steps with the big marble pillars. It seems very grandiose and official. Yeah.

They were in the basement of the Capitol. They didn't even have a building until the 1930s. And so if you think about the visibility of or the optics of we meet in the basement of the legislative branch. Yeah. The optics are very different than the building they have now, which is like on the top of the steps with the big marble pillars. It seems very grandiose and official. Yeah.

The way the court views its role is on a pendulum spectrum. If you think back to the 1950s, during the time when we were making rulings about things like Brown v. Board of Education, school integration, the person who was in charge of the Supreme Court at the time was a chief justice named Earl Warren, who was actually formerly the governor of California. Yeah.

The way the court views its role is on a pendulum spectrum. If you think back to the 1950s, during the time when we were making rulings about things like Brown v. Board of Education, school integration, the person who was in charge of the Supreme Court at the time was a chief justice named Earl Warren, who was actually formerly the governor of California. Yeah.

The way the court views its role is on a pendulum spectrum. If you think back to the 1950s, during the time when we were making rulings about things like Brown v. Board of Education, school integration, the person who was in charge of the Supreme Court at the time was a chief justice named Earl Warren, who was actually formerly the governor of California. Yeah.

He was also the only governor of California to ever have won both the Democratic and the Republican primary elections to be the governor. He won them both. Oh, my God. So Earl Warren, very popular figure in California history at the time. He's a former prosecutor.

He was also the only governor of California to ever have won both the Democratic and the Republican primary elections to be the governor. He won them both. Oh, my God. So Earl Warren, very popular figure in California history at the time. He's a former prosecutor.

He was also the only governor of California to ever have won both the Democratic and the Republican primary elections to be the governor. He won them both. Oh, my God. So Earl Warren, very popular figure in California history at the time. He's a former prosecutor.

Yes. Same guy. Earl Warren was not a judge when he got appointed to the Supreme Court. He was the governor of California. Yeah. Yeah.

Yes. Same guy. Earl Warren was not a judge when he got appointed to the Supreme Court. He was the governor of California. Yeah. Yeah.

Yes. Same guy. Earl Warren was not a judge when he got appointed to the Supreme Court. He was the governor of California. Yeah. Yeah.

You actually don't have to be a lawyer. I could be on the Supreme Court. You could be on the Supreme Court.

You actually don't have to be a lawyer. I could be on the Supreme Court. You could be on the Supreme Court.