John Marshall Harlan
Lawyer and former Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United StatesWikipedia
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Sep 7, 2026
Ben OlsonHOST
It comes from producer Jacob's criminal law class.
Ben OlsonHOST
Just as John Marshall Harlan wrote this line in his dissenting opinion for the 1896 Supreme court case, Plessy versus Ferguson, which was seven to one.
Nathan FoxHOST
The quote is, in my opinion, the judgment rendered, the judgment this day rendered will in time prove to be quite as pernicious as the decision made by this tribunal in the Dred Scott case.
Ben OlsonHOST
Okay.
Nathan FoxHOST
You could have said bad.
Nathan FoxHOST
Yep.
Nathan FoxHOST
Justice John Marshall Harlan.
Nathan FoxHOST
But now they have to get their money's worth by writing words like pernicious.
Joe PollockHOST
He had been sentenced to death for the rape of, uh, Nevada Taylor.
Joe PollockHOST
But Justice John Marshall Harlan of the United States Supreme Court had issued a stray, a stay of execution.
Joe PollockHOST
To prevent, uh, delay or avoidance of execution, a mob broke into the jail where Johnson was held, abducted him, and lynched him from the Walnut Street Bridge.
John ChaplickGUEST
Jesus.
Dick ShanleyHOST
When I ask him who his political heroes were, the first he said it was his dad.
Dick ShanleyHOST
The others were Lincoln and John Marshall Harlan, known as a great dissenter on the Supreme Court.
Dick ShanleyHOST
Beshar was elected Attorney General in 2015, and four years later ran against an unpopular Republican governor, and won by less than a percentage point.
Dick ShanleyHOST
He has focused on bringing good jobs to Kentucky and solving practical problems, and even his critics agree that he's a good talker and storyteller, although Republicans scoff that he has mostly gained credit for what they insist are their economic accomplishment.
Dick ShanleyNARRATOR
When I ask him who his political heroes were, the first he said it was his dad.
Dick ShanleyNARRATOR
The others were Lincoln and John Marshall Harlan, known as a great dissenter on the Supreme Court.
Dick ShanleyNARRATOR
Beshar was elected Attorney General in 2015, and four years later ran against an unpopular Republican governor, and won by less than a percentage point.
Dick ShanleyNARRATOR
He has focused on bringing good jobs to Kentucky and solving practical problems, and even his critics agree that he's a good talker and storyteller, although Republicans scoff that he has mostly gained credit for what they insist are their economic accomplishment.
Sarah IsgurHOST
Your job is to fight for the Constitution, even if that means alienating all of your colleagues.
Sarah IsgurHOST
Um, you are to speak truth to the time, um, and posterity, right? Your job is to be John Marshall Harlan as the sole dissenter.
Sarah IsgurHOST
And so saying that dissents, um, can undermine collegiality, en banc votes can undermine collegiality, um, that's not- You know, that's not the proper role of a judge.
Sarah IsgurHOST
And, by the way, same with our passionate liberals, who I think would say, "Judge Tatel, if it means burning the house down to say what truth and justice is, by God, that's what you were supposed to be doing." And how do you respond to people who say that these times call for different measures?
Will HarrisHOST
Great.
Will HarrisHOST
But I always start with the current project, so the character would be John Marshall Harlan.
Will HarrisHOST
I guess the first question, what was your knowledge of the whole Muhammad Ali case stepping into this project?
Christopher PlummerSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
Absolutely none at all.
XOHOST
One justice dissented.
XOHOST
John Marshall Harlan, he wrote, our constitution is colorblind and neither knows nor tolerates classes among citizens.
XOHOST
He was outvoted seven to one.
XOHOST
And the separate but equal doctrine became the law of the land, even though nothing was ever actually equal.
MadiganHOST
Mary was very gung-ho in regards to getting more women politically active all over the country, specifically in the Wyoming Territory, but she was definitely very, very vocal about this.
MadiganHOST
And when Supreme Court Justice John Marshall Harlan passed away, Mary tried to start a movement to have President Taft appoint a woman to replace him.
MadiganHOST
In an article clipped from the Natchez Democrat, she tells the reporter that, quote, she likes to be spoken of as the woman who does her own work, cooks three meals a day for her husband and boys, and she has always made a home for them, which I feel like is an interesting tactic because I've talked about this on the show before.
MadiganHOST
A lot of times, white women in particular who were wanting to gain access into the male-dominated industries or rooms, worlds, whatever, they would very much appeal to them.
Harry CareySOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
He will not be with the White Sox, as Donald first just told us, in Oakland at all.
Harry CareySOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
And my surmise about Roland Heeman talking to John Harlan, that's apparently what it was all about.
Harry CareySOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
Here's a big slung on, high fly ball, short center field, Ortiz coming in.
Harry CareySOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
His cap falls off, but he makes the cap.
8 MINS LATER
Harry CareySOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
Here's Billy Williams up there now, swings and he fouls a pitch back.
Harry CareySOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
Funny thing, I just guess at things.
Harry CareySOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
When I saw Roland go over to talk to John Harlan, I just guessed that that might be what he was talking to him about.
Harry CareySOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
And, of course, as we had mentioned, the Cubs fly home right after the game, so this will be advantageous.