"More Perfect" Law Podcast

So last class we were talking about courts and there were a few questions as to how exactly a case gets to the Supreme Court.

During the discussion I could not help but remember an episode of the NPR Law podcast "More Perfect" that I heard about a local case that got to the Supreme Court.

The episode is entitled "Object Anyway" and the case began as a criminal trial where a man named James Batson was accused of breaking and entering a home as well as robbing some valuables. However, it was soon revealed that during jury selection, the prosecution had struck every black person off the jury for fear that they would sympathize with Batson since he is black as well. As a result, I believe the ACLU picked up Batson's case and brought it to the Supreme Court in the case Batson v. Kentucky. What follows is an interesting discussion on whether trial by a jury of peers realistically occurs in US courtrooms and the Supreme Court ended up ruling in Batson's favor, creating the "Batson Rule" that people cannot be struck off a jury on the basis of their race.

If anyone is exceptionally interested in law, I would absolutely recommend this podcast! There are many episodes that show the internal workings of the Supreme Court as well as the motivations of everyone involved.

Here is the link:

http://www.npr.org/podcasts/481105292/more-perfect