Deadlocked: How America Shaped the Supreme Court

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Documentary series examining the vital role the Supreme Court plays in the context of America's shifting political landscape. Features an in-depth look at pivotal cases that altered the state of the union.
The Hearts of Men Can Be Changed
S1 E1

Thurgood Marshall fights to tear down the segregationist system and uses the law to build a more just society, expanding the rights of minorities, criminal defendants and the poor, as the Supreme Court's role becomes increasingly prominent.

A Conservative Revolution
S1 E2

A new conservative legal and political movement emerges as a backlash to the Warren Court; this quickly becomes an increasingly influential coalition that sets the direction of the court and the country over the ensuing decades.

The Rule of Five
S1 E3

Bush v. Gore divides the nation and challenges perceptions of the Court; the Supreme Court enters a new era of ideological polarization.

Crisis of Legitimacy
S1 E4

With the confirmations of Justices Gorsuch, Kavanaugh, and Barrett, the Court moves decisively to the right; the Court faces charges of partisanship as its conservative majority appears set to shape American life in the coming decades.