How Will History Remember This Year's High Court Decisions?

Name: How Will History Remember This Year's High Court Decisions?
Uploaded: 2013-07-04T23:49:23Z
Duration: P905S
Description: On Independence Day in the United States, Jeffrey Brown talks to four historians about the landmark decisions of the Supreme Court this year, including the striking down of a key provision of the 1965 Voting Rights Act and decisions on the Defense of Marriage Act and California's Proposition 8 that affect gay rights.

Clip: 07/04/2013 | 15m 5s

On Independence Day in the United States, Jeffrey Brown talks to four historians about the landmark decisions of the Supreme Court this year, including the striking down of a key provision of the 1965 Voting Rights Act and decisions on the Defense of Marriage Act and California's Proposition 8 that affect gay rights.

Aired: 07/04/13

Rating: NR

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