James Masnov: Judicial Review and the Supreme Court
KEY MOMENTS
0:00 – Intro: historian James Masnov and Rights Reign Supreme
2:12 – Salem, Portland, and grad school during the 2020 riots
4:04 – Open borders, gentrification, and legal immigration
7:11 – We the Internet and Don't Make Me Defend Trump
9:51 – Woodrow Wilson, the Espionage Act, and Eugene Debs
12:04 – The real story of "fire in a crowded theater"
15:26 – Why write about the history of judicial review
19:53 – The Commerce Clause and growing your own wheat
21:11 – Marbury v. Madison explained
24:50 – How Massachusetts ended slavery, and slavery in Oregon
27:41 – Native American slaveholders after the Civil War
29:59 – Research surprises: John Bingham and Oregon statehood
32:37 – Thomas Jefferson and Sally Hemings
36:24 – Phillis Wheatley, the enslaved poet
38:51 – How do you know when a book is done?
43:07 – Index cards, writing by hand, and structuring a book
44:44 – Songwriting vs. writing comedy
48:37 – His band Masonic Block and why bands aren't democracies
51:20 – Rick Beato and musicians' broad tastes
53:49 – Is there a Stevie Wonder today?
56:04 – Prince, Raspberry Beret, Bob Dylan, and Paul Simon
58:59 – When Cowboys Were Rock Stars
1:00:27 – Lincoln, samurai, and the speed of 19th-century change
1:01:37 – Wrap-up
ABOUT THIS EPISODE
James M. Masnov, adjunct professor of history at Chemeketa Community College and author of Rights Reign Supreme: An Intellectual History of Judicial Review and the Supreme Court, joins Lou to talk about judicial review, Marbury v. Madison, and the real story of "fire in a crowded theater."
We also get into grad school in Portland during the 2020 riots, Woodrow Wilson and Eugene Debs, the Commerce Clause and growing your own wheat, how Massachusetts ended slavery, Thomas Jefferson and Sally Hemings, the enslaved poet Phillis Wheatley, writing by hand on index cards, his band Masonic Block, whether there's a Stevie Wonder today, and When Cowboys Were Rock Stars.