McCain: If Clinton Wins, We'll Block All Her SCOTUS Nominees

They don’t appear to do transcripts, unfortunately (that podcast is done by the Radiolab team; the whole series is worth a listen).

TLDR version: although the court is established by the constitution, its powers are not. In the early days, it was rather vague exactly what the USSC was for, and the court made a number of strategic decisions (Marbury v. Madison most notably) in order to establish its own powers.

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