# Fixing Supreme Court Nominations 

**URL:** <https://www.libertarianism.org/podcasts/free-thoughts/fixing-supreme-court-nominations>

**By** Ilya Shapiro, Aaron Ross Powell, Trevor Burrus

**Published:** December 18, 2020

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Ilya Shapiro joins the show to take us through the history of Supreme Court nominations.

## Shownotes:

Ilya Shapiro joins the show to take us through the various eras of the Supreme Court. He also explains how the process of nominating someone to the Supreme Court has changed since the founding.

What does the Constitution say about the Supreme Court? Did _Marbury v. Madison_ in 1803 and the rise of judicial review change some of the calculus for confirmation hearings? What is judicial review?

## Further Reading:

[Supreme Disorder: Judicial Nominations and the Politics of America’s Highest Court](https://www.cato.org/books/supreme-disorder-judicial-nominations-politics-americas-highest-court?queryID=ed22d918545cb26f5d88e68b9383cd2b), written by Ilya Shapiro