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figure in the court's history, justice john marshall harlan trade politico's editor at large, peter canalisalks about the greatest center. peter: john marshall holland dissented in all of the cases that took away rights of african-americans, because he knew that the post-civil war amendments come up with added to the constitution and ratified as the price of reentry into the union in the south, and the rest of the country ratifying it under the global process, that that was intended to preserve the rights of african-americans, and when his colleagues, for reasons that were very suspicious, basically trying to keep peace with the south, when they began to retreat from that as though it was the right of the supreme court disorder say that this was not really in the constitution, was not really what was intended, harlan stood up against that. >> peter canellos sunday night at 8:00 p.m. eastern on c-span's "q&a." you can listen to all of our podcasts on our new c-span app. ♪ >> get c-span on the go, watch the day's biggest political events live or on-demand, anytime, anywhere, on our new mobile

peter canalis joins us to discuss his biography of the justice, the great dissenter. >> hey dissentedn all of the cases to take array the rights of african-americans. he knew that the post-civil war amendments which were added to the constitution and arrived to find -- and ratified as a price of entry for the south. it was ratified under the normal process. that was intended to preserve the rights of african-americans. when his colleagues, for reasons that were very suspicious, tried to keep peace with the south, when they began to retreat from that, they felt it was the right of the supreme court to say that this was not really in the constitution. it was not what was intended. he stood up strongly against that. >> tonight at 8:00 p.m. eastern on c-span u.n. day. -- on c-span q and a. you can listen on our new c-span app. ♪ >> he can be a part of the conversation by participating in c-span's student camera competition. if you are a a middle or high school student, create a 5-6 minute documentary that answers the question, how does the federal government impact your life? it must show

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peter canalis joins us to discuss his biography of the justice, the great dissenter. >> he dissentedof the cases that took away the rights of african-americans. he knew that the post-civil war amendments that were added to the constitution and ratified at the price of reentry into the union for the south and the rest of the country ratifying get under the normal process, said that was intended to preserve the rights of african-americans. when he's -- his colleagues, for reasons that were very suspicious, were basically trying to keep peace with the south, when they began to retreat from that, the supreme court said this was not in the constitution or what it intended, harlan stood up to that. >> you can listen to q&a and all of our podcasts on our new c-span now app.

peter canalis joins us to discuss his biography of the justice, "the great dissenter." >> he dissentedn all of the cases that took away the rights of african-americans. he knew that the post-civil war amendments which were added to the constitution and ratified as a price of reentry into the union for the south. ratifying it under the normal process. that was intended to preserve the rights of african-americans. when his colleagues for reasons that were very suspicious, try to keep peace with the south when they try to retreat from that. it was the right of the supreme court to say if it was intended. he stood up against that. >> tonight at 8:00 p.m. eastern on c-span q and a. you can listen on our new c-span now at. ♪ >> watch coverage on the 21st annual national book festival on sunday, october 10. this event features online all the discussions plus live call in segments. 2:00 p.m. eastern, we talk about the book, the cause. 1773 21783. he will join us alive at 2:30 p.m. to take your calls and tweets. 3:00 p.m., a discussion about the opioid epidemic, with the author of "empire pain.