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. 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.
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.
Table of episodes First air date(with link to video)CaseYear ofcaseFeatured guestsFirst season (October 5, 2015 - December 21, 2015)October 5, 2015Marbury v. Madison1803Akhil Reed AmarClifford SloanOctober 12, 2015Scott v. Sandford1857Christopher BraceyMartha JonesOctober 19, 2015The Slaughterhouse Cases1873Paul ClementMichael RossOctober 26, 2015Lochner v. New York1905Randy BarnettPaul KensNovember 2, 2015Schenck v. United States1919Beverly GageThomas GoldsteinNovember 9, 2015Korematsu v. United States1944Peter IronsKaren KorematsuNovember 16, 2015Youngstown Sheet & Tube Co. v. Sawyer1952Michael GerhardtWilliam G. HowellNovember 23, 2015Brown v. Board of Education1954Jeffrey Rosen*Tomiko Brown-NaginNovember 30, 2015Mapp v. Ohio1962Carolyn LongRenee HutchinsDecember 7, 2015Baker v. Carr1962Theodore OlsonJ. Douglas SmithDecember 14, 2015Miranda v. Arizona1966Jeffrey RosenPaul CasselDecember 21, 2015Roe v. Wade1973Clarke ForsytheMelissa MurraySecond season (February 26, 2018 - May 14, 2018)February 26, 2018McCulloch v. Maryland1819Mark KillenbeckFarah PetersonMarch 5, 2018The Civil Rights Cases1883Danielle Holley-WalkerPeter KirsanowMarch 12, 2018Yick Wo v. Hopkins1886Josh BlackmanMae NgaiMarch 19, 2018Plessy v. Ferguson1896Michael KlarmanTed ShawMarch 26, 2018Gideon v. Wainwright1963Akhil Reed AmarPaul ClementApril 2, 2018Griswold v. Connecticut1965Helen AlvareRachel ReboucheApril 9, 2018Katz v. United States1967Jamil JafferJeffrey RosenApril 16, 2018Brandenburg v. Ohio1969Katie FallowNadine StrossenApril 23, 2018Tinker v. Des Moines1969Erik JaffeMary Beth TinkerApril 30, 2018New York Times v. United States1971Floyd AbramsTed OlsonMay 7, 2018Gregg v. Georgia1976Kent ScheideggerCarol SteikerMay 14, 2018Regents of Univ. Cal v. Bakke1978Randy BarnettNeal Katyal Note: Kannon Shanmugam had originally been scheduled to appear on this program, but was replaced by Rosen.
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Discussion of Landmark Cases and the cases discussed therein, hosted by Jeffrey Rosen, September 16, 2015 Q&A interview with Tony Mauro about the companion book for Landmark Cases, October 4, 2015 Landmark Cases Second Season Launch; Discussion with Jeffrey Rosen, Akhil Amar, and Michael Paulsen, February 19, 2018