Armand Derfner's guest appearances

Armand Derfner

The Majority Report with Sam Seder

The Jabot

Nancy Leong

Vernon Burton

Jim Crow

Bill Gates

Bill Barr

Donald Trump

Mark Joseph

Chris Hayes

Kyla Schuller

Thomas Frank

Kurt Andersen

Peter Thiel

Noam Chomsky

Ilhan Omar

Murtaza Hussain

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Emma hosts Orville Vernon Burton, Professor of Pan-African Studies, Sociology, Anthropology, and Computer Science at Clemson University, as well as civil rights attorney Armand Derfner, to discuss their recent book Justice Deferred: Race and the Supreme Court, on the progressions, and regressions, of the SCOTUS’ relationship to racial justice. Professor Burton and Derfner start us off by bringing us back to the first full century of this countries history, looking at how the Supreme Court of the 19th Century worked alongside the settler-colonial regime as they approved the removal of Native folks from their own land, and upheld rulings on slavery, all stemming from concepts of “ownership” that bolstered our systems of white supremacy, discussing on the Dred Scott and Lone Wolf decisions alongside treaties and cases on disenfranchisement as key examples. Emma, Armand, and Orville use this first century of SCOTUS cases to show the clear politicized role of the Court, dating back to their inception, even resulting in seemingly ahistorical decisions that sided with public opinion over critical thinking. Next, they jump up to the more recent courts, post-1970, as they supported the US’ slide into neoliberalism after forty years of progressive decisions, looking into the slow deconstruction of the Voting Rights Act, looking into how the courts of recent years both align with the original courts, in their ahistorical accounts and differ from them, particularly with the growing divide with public opinion. Lastly, they work through the middle period, from the 1930s to the 70s, and how the courts of these decades, particularly under Chief Justices Hughes and Warren, saw important decisions, even under conservative justices, emphasizing states’ responsibilities alongside their rights. Emma rounds out the free half with disturbing videos from another anti-mask PTC to James Carville making a relatively reasonable point. And in the Fun Half: Brandon, Emma, and Matt explore the problematic nature of deference to a system that has had more ex confederates than Black jurists (SCOTUS), Amber from Northern Virginia expands on the local organizing of the Right, looking into trans inclusivity policy in her state, and famously anti-war and anti-monarchy Tucker Carlson hosts the prince of war crimes Erik Prince to improv some Afghanistan tactics, using the classic journalist tactic of “yes, and-ing” your guest. Spocko from San Fran chats repercussions for falsified COVID documents, and Brandon and Dave from Jamaica emphasize how this cannot focus on punitive measures of imprisonment. They also chat Mike McKevinMcCarthy and positive coercion, plus, your calls and IMs! Become a member at JoinTheMajorityReport.com Subscribe to the AMQuickie newsletter here. Join the Majority Report Discord! http://majoritydiscord.com/ Get all your MR merch at our store https://shop.majorityreportradio.com/ (Merch issues and concerns can be addressed here: majorityreportstore@mirrorimage.com) You can now watch the livestream on Twitch. Support the St. Vincent Nurses today as they continue to strike for a fair contract! https://action.massnurses.org/we-stand-with-st-vincents-nurses/ Subscribe to Discourse Blog, a newsletter and website for progressive essays and related fun partly run by AM Quickie writer Jack Crosbie. https://discourseblog.com/ Subscribe to AM Quickie writer Corey Pein’s podcast News from Nowhere, at https://www.patreon.com/newsfromnowhere Check out The Letterhack’s upcoming Kickstarter project for his new graphic novel! https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/milagrocomic/milagro-heroe-de-las-calles Check out Matt Binder’s YouTube channel! Check out The Nomiki Show live at 3 pm ET on YouTube at patreon.com/thenomikishow Check out Matt’s podcast, Literary Hangover, at Patreon.com/LiteraryHangover, or on iTunes. Check out Jamie’s podcast, The Antifada, at patreon.com/theantifada, on iTunes, or at twitch.tv/theantifada (streaming every Monday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday at 7pm ET!) Follow the Majority Report crew on Twitter: @SamSeder @EmmaVigeland @MattBinder @MattLech @BF1nn @BradKAlsop

Emma hosts <a href="https://www.clemson.edu/caah/departments/history/people/facultyBio.html?id=130" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Orville Vernon Burton</a>, Professor of Pan-African Studies, Sociology, Anthropology, and Computer Science at Clemson University, as well as civil rights attorney <a href="https://charlestonlaw.edu/staff-members/derfner-armand-g/" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Armand Derfner</a>, to discuss their recent book <a href="https://www.hup.harvard.edu/catalog.php?isbn=9780674975644" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Justice Deferred: Race and the Supreme Court</a>, on the progressions, and regressions, of the SCOTUS’ relationship to racial justice. Professor Burton and Derfner start us off by bringing us back to the first full century of this countries history, looking at how the Supreme Court of the 19th Century worked alongside the settler-colonial regime as they approved the removal of Native folks from their own land, and upheld rulings on slavery, all stemming from concepts of “ownership” that bolstered our systems of white supremacy, discussing on the Dred Scott and Lone Wolf decisions alongside treaties and cases on disenfranchisement as key examples. Emma, Armand, and Orville use this first century of SCOTUS cases to show the clear politicized role of the Court, dating back to their inception, even resulting in seemingly ahistorical decisions that sided with public opinion over critical thinking. Next, they jump up to the more recent courts, post-1970, as they supported the US’ slide into neoliberalism after forty years of progressive decisions, looking into the slow deconstruction of the Voting Rights Act, looking into how the courts of recent years both align with the original courts, in their ahistorical accounts and differ from them, particularly with the growing divide with public opinion. Lastly, they work through the middle period, from the 1930s to the 70s, and how the courts of these decades, particularly under Chief Justices Hughes and Warren, saw important decisions, even under conservative justices, emphasizing states’ responsibilities alongside their rights. Emma rounds out the free half with disturbing videos from another anti-mask PTC to James Carville making a relatively reasonable point. And in the Fun Half: Brandon, Emma, and Matt explore the problematic nature of deference to a system that has had more ex confederates than Black jurists (SCOTUS), Amber from Northern Virginia expands on the local organizing of the Right, looking into trans inclusivity policy in her state, and famously anti-war and anti-monarchy Tucker Carlson hosts the prince of war crimes Erik Prince to improv some Afghanistan tactics, using the classic journalist tactic of “yes, and-ing” your guest. Spocko from San Fran chats repercussions for falsified COVID documents, and Brandon and Dave from Jamaica emphasize how this cannot focus on punitive measures of imprisonment. They also chat Mike McKevinMcCarthy and positive coercion, plus, your calls and IMs! Become a member at <a href="http://www.jointhemajorityreport.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">JoinTheMajorityReport.com</a> Subscribe to the AMQuickie newsletter <a href="https://madmimi.com/signups/170390/join" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">here.</a> Join the Majority Report Discord! <a href="http://majoritydiscord.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://majoritydiscord.com/</a> Get all your MR merch at our store <a href="https://shop.majorityreportradio.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">https://shop.majorityreportradio.com/</a> (Merch issues and concerns can be addressed here: <a href="mailto:majorityreportstore@mirrorimage.com" rel="noopener noreferrer">majorityreportstore@mirrorimage.com</a>) You can now watch the livestream on <a href="https://www.twitch.tv/themajorityreport" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">Twitch</a>. Support the St. Vincent Nurses today as they continue to strike for a fair contract! <a href="https://action.massnurses.org/we-stand-with-st-vincents-nurses/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://action.massnurses.org/we-stand-with-st-vincents-nurses/</a> Subscribe to Discourse Blog, a newsletter and website for progressive essays and related fun partly run by AM Quickie writer Jack Crosbie. <a href="https://discourseblog.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">https://discourseblog.com/</a> Subscribe to AM Quickie writer Corey Pein’s podcast News from Nowhere, at <a href="https://www.patreon.com/newsfromnowhere" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.patreon.com/newsfromnowhere</a> Check out The Letterhack’s upcoming Kickstarter project for his new graphic novel! <a href="https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/milagrocomic/milagro-heroe-de-las-calles" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/milagrocomic/milagro-heroe-de-las-calles</a> Check out Matt Binder’s <a href="https://www.youtube.com/mattbinder" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">YouTube</a> channel! Check out The Nomiki Show live at 3 pm ET on <a href="https://www.youtube.com/user/KonstNomiki" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">YouTube</a> at <a href="https://www.patreon.com/thenomikishow" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">patreon.com/thenomikishow</a> Check out Matt’s podcast, Literary Hangover, at <a href="https://patreon.com/LiteraryHangover" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">Patreon.com/LiteraryHangover</a>, or on <a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/literary-hangover/id1392851101" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">iTunes</a>. Check out Jamie’s podcast, The Antifada, at <a href="https://www.patreon.com/theantifada" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">patreon.com/theantifada</a>, on <a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-antifada/id1372879721" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">iTunes</a>, or at <a href="http://twitch.tv/theantifada" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">twitch.tv/theantifada</a> (streaming every Monday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday at 7pm ET!) Follow the Majority Report crew on Twitter: @SamSeder @EmmaVigeland @MattBinder @MattLech @BF1nn @BradKAlsop

2661 - The Supreme Court's Real Record On Race w/ Orville Vernon Burton & Armand Derfner

I spoke with Vernon and Armand about the initiation of their partnership and writing a book together for both a general audience and for lawyers. We discussed why they chose the Supreme Court as the lens to examine racial justice in this country, and why it is important in the current political climate to examine the Court's history on racial justice. We spoke about their research process and surprising or unexpected findings.  Episode Resources  Justice Deferred: Race and the Supreme Court by Orville Vernon Burton and Armand Derfner Case of Jones v. Alfred H. Mayer Company   Episode Highlights The present goes out of the past - 4:40 How the guests are writing for a general audience and somebody with a legal background - 8:20 The 13 to 15 Amendments were developed to argue equality and end the badges of slavery - 24:30 The progressing wing of the government are the people we elect in every 2 to 4 years - 27:47 It’s the President and the congress that lead the way to turn the court around for a very reactionary court in a way out of respect to the people of the country - 28:00 The court will get better but it will not do it by itself - 28:20 We can shape the future - 31:19   Subscribe, Share, and Review To get the next episode subscribe with your favorite podcast player. Subscribe with  Apple Podcasts Follow on Spotify  Leave a review on  Apple Podcasts

I spoke with Vernon and Armand about the initiation of their partnership and writing a book together for both a general audience and for lawyers. We discussed why they chose the Supreme Court as the lens to examine racial justice in this country, and why it is important in the current political climate to examine the Court's history on racial justice. We spoke about their research process and surprising or unexpected findings. Episode Resources <ul> <li><a href="https://www.hup.harvard.edu/catalog.php?isbn=9780674975644" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Justice Deferred: Race and the Supreme Court by Orville Vernon Burton and Armand Derfner</a></li> <li><a href="https://supreme.justia.com/cases/federal/us/392/409/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Case of Jones v. Alfred H. Mayer Company</a> Episode Highlights</li> <li>The present goes out of the past - 4:40</li> <li>How the guests are writing for a general audience and somebody with a legal background - 8:20</li> <li>The 13 to 15 Amendments were developed to argue equality and end the badges of slavery - 24:30</li> <li>The progressing wing of the government are the people we elect in every 2 to 4 years - 27:47</li> <li>It’s the President and the congress that lead the way to turn the court around for a very reactionary court in a way out of respect to the people of the country - 28:00</li> <li>The court will get better but it will not do it by itself - 28:20</li> <li>We can shape the future - 31:19 Subscribe, Share, and Review To get the next episode subscribe with your favorite podcast player.</li> <li>Subscribe with <a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-jabot/id1386838312?mt=2" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> Apple Podcasts</a></li> <li>Follow on <a href="https://www.spotify.com/ve-en/why-not-available/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Spotify</a></li> </ul> Leave a review on <a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-jabot/id1386838312?mt=2" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> Apple Podcasts</a>

The Supreme Court's Legacy On Race with Vernon Burton and Armand Derfner - Episode 72