Your Classical Companion
Play Live Radio
Next Up:
0:00
0:00
0:00 0:00
Available On Air Stations

Is the Supreme Court the “Last Branch Standing?”

Season 2026 Episode 8153 | 18m 32s

Since Trump 2.0, the Supreme Court has handed down several high-profile and controversial decisions. Attorney Sarah Isgur, a former Justice Department spokesperson, says there’s a lot we get wrong about the Court. Isgur attempts to bust myths and misconceptions in her book “Last Branch Standing.” The author speaks with Walter Isaacson about looking beyond partisan politics.

Extras
Get a sneak peek at a brand new season of NATURE on PBS.
Preview: 250 Years of Americana
Appraisal: 1900 Oscar Berninghaus Watercolor
Appraisal: 1937 Inscribed "Of Mice and Men" First Edition
Appraisal: 20th C. Ernest Trova "Falling Man" Sculpture
Appraisal: 1931 Jaeger-LeCoultre Reverso Watch
Appraisal: Charles Loloma Necklace & Ironwood Bird
Appraisal: Loetz 4-handled Phänomen Vase, ca. 1904
Appraisal: Chinese Cloisonné Enamel Waste Bowl, ca. 1750
Appraisal: Alphonse Mucha American "Reverie" Print, ca. 1910
Latest Episodes
All
  • All
  • Amanpour and Company Season 2026
  • Amanpour and Company Season 2025
  • Amanpour and Company Season 2024
  • Amanpour and Company Season 2023
  • Amanpour and Company Season 2022
  • Amanpour and Company Season 2021
  • Amanpour and Company Season 2020
  • Amanpour and Company Season 2019
  • Amanpour and Company Season 2018
James Jacoby; Dr. Paul Offit; Tyler Pager
Wolfgang Ischinger; Cochav Elkayem-Levy; Ben McKenzie
María Corina Machado; Omer Bartov; Bob Davis
Walter Isaacson; Jeremy Diamond; Ali al-Samoudi; Sir David Attenborough; Sherrie Rollins Westin
Mirjana Spoljaric; Alexander Gabuev; Rep. Shomari Figures; Rita Wilson
Christiane Amanpour; Danny Citrinowicz; Rhae Lynn Barnes
F. Gregory Gause III; Matthew Hollingworth; Nancy Northup; Barbara F. Walter
Ivo Daalder; Martin Luther King III; Jason Bordoff
Alix Didier Fils-Aimé; Natalie Livingston; Sarah Isgur
Hassan Ahmadian; Kara Swisher; Peter Wehner