Another fascinating talk (if you can ignore the fifteen minutes at the beginning of mutual congratulation) about Salmon P. Chase's term as Chief Justice of the US Supreme Court in the late 1860s and early 1870s.
He was the most ambitious man ever to sit on the court, yet he was a serious lawyer, and a man Lincoln admired.
More importantly, this is an excellent insight into how the court worked and thought in those days, and shows how a free society modifies its opinions, practices and views as it moves forward. No pyatiletki!
http://www.c-span.org/video/?55936-1/revisiting-chases-jurisprudence
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