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Bound By Oath by IJAuthor: Institute for Justice
Bound by Oath is a podcast series from the Center for Judicial Engagement at the Institute for Justice. Its where the Constitutions past catches up with the present. Article VI of the U.S. Constitution requires every judge to be bound by Oath to uphold this Constitution. But to understand if judges are following that oath, its important to ask, What is in this Constitution? Your host John Ross takes a deep dive into the Constitutions text, history, and characters, and interviews historians, legal scholars, and the real people involved in historic and contemporary cases. Language: en Genres: Government Contact email: Get it Feed URL: Get it iTunes ID: Get it Trailer: |
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Younger abstention | Season 4, Ep. 4
Episode 4
Friday, 4 September, 2026
In 1966, Los Angeles officials tried to put a man in prison for handing out leaflets in protest of a fatal police shooting. Today, we know the case as Younger v. Harris, which kicked off the doctrine of Younger abstention, the bane of many a civil rights plaintiff. On this episode, we examine the origins, the impact, and the relentless expansion of the doctrine. Younger v. Harris Click here for transcript.
