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27.B.) William Howard Taft, the presidential Chief Justice; an interview with Kevin Burns
[Abridged] Presidential Histories
English - June 20, 2022 07:00 - 55 minutes - 38 MBHistory presidential history presidents american u.s.a. u.s. united states political politics Homepage Download Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
William Howard Taft is the only American in history to serve as both president of the United States and chief justice of the Supreme Court. But how did his experience as president shape his leadership as chief justice? What role did it play in his nomination process, and how good of a chief justice was he, anyway?
Join me as I talk with Kevin Burns, an assistant professor of political science and economics at Christendom College and author of William Howard Taft’s Constitutional Progressivism, about the judicial impact and legacy of William Howard Taft.
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