Radiolab | The Imperfect Plaintiffs | Radiolab Presents: More Perfect Podcast | Season 1 Episode 4 @Radiolabpod | Uploaded April 2022 | Updated October 2024, 13 hours ago.
On this episode, we visit Edward Blum, a “legal entrepreneur” and former stockbroker who has become something of a Supreme Court matchmaker — he takes an issue, finds the perfect plaintiff, matches them with lawyers and works his way to the highest court in the land.
He’s had remarkable success, with six cases heard before the Supreme Court, including that of Abigail Fisher, a white woman, who said she was rejected from the University of Texas because the university unfairly considered race as one of many factors when evaluating applicants. We also head to Houston, Texas, where in 1998, an unusual 911 call led to one of the most important LGBTQ rights decisions in the Supreme Court’s history.
CONTENT WARNING: The first part of this episode has some adult content. If you're listening with kids, you might want to skip this one.
More Perfect is a spin-off series from Radiolab about how the Supreme Court got so supreme.
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Supreme Court archival audio comes from Oyez®, a free law project in collaboration with the Legal Information Institute at Cornell.
Illustration by Mitch Boyer.
Video by Michael Snyder, Kim Nowacki and Andrea Latimer.
On this episode, we visit Edward Blum, a “legal entrepreneur” and former stockbroker who has become something of a Supreme Court matchmaker — he takes an issue, finds the perfect plaintiff, matches them with lawyers and works his way to the highest court in the land.
He’s had remarkable success, with six cases heard before the Supreme Court, including that of Abigail Fisher, a white woman, who said she was rejected from the University of Texas because the university unfairly considered race as one of many factors when evaluating applicants. We also head to Houston, Texas, where in 1998, an unusual 911 call led to one of the most important LGBTQ rights decisions in the Supreme Court’s history.
CONTENT WARNING: The first part of this episode has some adult content. If you're listening with kids, you might want to skip this one.
More Perfect is a spin-off series from Radiolab about how the Supreme Court got so supreme.
🎧 Subscribe to Radiolab wherever you listen to podcasts: bit.ly/3trXDLe
🔎 Subscribe to Radiolab on YouTube: bit.ly/3I9KI53
🌱 Check out Radiolab's Starter Kit Playlist: bit.ly/3sX8f4P
👍 Like this video ✏️ and leave us a comment!
Follow Radiolab:
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Support Radiolab by becoming a member of The Lab today: wnycstudios.org/podcasts/radiolab/membership
Supreme Court archival audio comes from Oyez®, a free law project in collaboration with the Legal Information Institute at Cornell.
Illustration by Mitch Boyer.
Video by Michael Snyder, Kim Nowacki and Andrea Latimer.
