Tennessee v. Scopes at 100

The Scopes 'Monkey' Trial, as it has been known, took place 100 years ago this July in Dayton, Tennessee. There have been many reflections recently on what was known as "the trial of the century".

National Public Radio has aired several programs about the trial. 

• WBUR in Boston's On Point has this. 46min. 40 sec. transcript available
• Science Friday has this, with a link to a document they have prepared "...Educational Resources On Evolution". 18 min. 
• All Things Considered has this. 4 min. 49 sec., transcript available.

Fox News too has a short piece here.

Two longer videos present much more about the questions raised in 1925. 

The most scholarly is Monkey Trials and Modern Truths: Revisiting the Scopes Trial 100 Years Later, organised by The Chicago Forum for Free Inquiry and Expression. 1 hour 12 min. no transcript.

Another, produced by a local Tennessee television channel, WBIR, has extensive interviews with two men of Dayton, Tennessee who participate in a presentation of the trial every year by the Rhea Heritage Preservation Foundation who add many local details. 55 min. subtitles available, but MANY transcription mistakes, for instance with the names of the two lawyers - Bryan and Darrow. A shorter version of this story, by the same local television channel, can be found here. 4 min. 15 sec. The subtitles are much better. 

Vanderbilt Law School organised a talk on the subject of "Understanding the Scopes Trial 100 Years Later". 1 hour, no transcript.

 More about the U.S. Supreme Court Term

NPR's Ari Shapiro on All Things Considered hosted a discussion about what the Court ruled this term. Discussing were Nina Totenberg of NPR, Stephen Vladeck of Georgetown University Law Centre and Sarah Isgur of SCOTUSblog. 8 min. 13 sec., transcript available.

 U.S. Supreme Court End of Term

PBS News has a good summary here of several of the last big cases handed down by the Supreme Court on Friday June 27, with interviews with two Court experts. 10 min., transcript available.

 U.S. Supreme Court End of Term

NPR's Nina Totenberg presents here news about important cases that will soon be decided by the U.S. Supreme Court and some that have already been decided on the emergency (or shadow) docket. Transcript available 5 min. 18 sec.

Birthright Citizenship in the U.S.

NPR's legal correspondent Nina Totenberg has this report about the state of the question of whether children, born in the U.S., of undocumented immigrants are U.S. citizens. 3 min. 12 sec., transcript available.

For a historical presentation of the question, NPR's Throughline has this hour-long episode, originally broadcast in 2022 under the heading By Accident of Birth. transcript available.

U.S. Judge on Judging

New York Times columnist David French interviews Jeffrey Sutton, chief judge of the Sixth Cercuit Court of Appeals, asking Judge Sutton to explain what it is that a judge does, what his judicial philosophy is. 26 min., transcript available.

History of Birthright Citizenship in the U.S.

PBS has a special report on the history of birthright citizenship in the United States. 8 min. 35 sec. transcript available.