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SCOTUS Eras: The Stone Court

2/20/2026

Civil Discourse

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Aughie and Nia discuss the Stone Court, years 1941 - 1946. Harlan Fiske Stone served first as an Associate Justice, and then as the Chief Justice, over a Court that issued several important war-time rulings. Despite its ruling in the Korematsu case, Stone oversees a gradual warming to civil rights and liberties on the Court.

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