In this episode, Robert Post, Sterling Professor of Law at Yale Law School, delves into his newly released and highly anticipated volumes from the Oliver Wendell Holmes Devise History of the Supreme Court, The Taft Court: Making Law for a Divided Nation, 1921–1930. Post explores the history of the Taft Court and the contrasting constitutional approaches among its justices, including Chief Justice Taft, Louis Brandeis, Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr., and the infamous James McReynolds. Jeffrey Rosen, president and CEO of the National Constitution Center, moderates. This program was originally streamed live as part of our America’s Town Hall series on December 11, 2023.  

Resources: 

Robert Post, The Taft Court: Making Law for a Divided Nation, 1921–1930 

Meyer v. Nebraska, 262 U.S. 390 (1923) 

Chas. Wolff Packing Co. v. Court of Ind. Relations, 262 U.S. 522 (1923) 

Whitney v. California (1927) 

Brandenburg v. Ohio (1969) 

Gitlow v. New York (1925) 

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