Justice Scalia’s passing, and the filling of his seat, placed the Supreme Court squarely in the contentious 2016 presidential election. Battles among the president, Court, and Senate are not new. But are the stakes now higher? Barbara Perry, White Burkett Miller Professor of Ethics and Institutions; Director, Presidential Studies; Co-Chair, Presidential Oral History Program, Miller Center will explore the past to make sense of today’s controversies in judicial politics. http://alumni.virginia.edu/learn/program/supreme-court-appointment-battles-what-can-history-teach-us/