Trinity College

Kevin McMahon, John R. Reitemeyer Professor of Political Science, sits down with Kevin MacDermott on this episode of the Trinity Faculty Profile podcast series. Follow @FacultyProfile on Twitter Podcast Chapters: 00:00 - 6:20 - Introduction and Early Political Influences 6:20 - 12:25 - FDR, the Supreme Court, and Civil Rights 12:25 - 23:45 - Nixon's Court and Judicial Liberalism 23:45 - 32:00 - The Professor as Teacher-Scholar and Constitutional Law in the Classroom 32:00 - 39:20 - The Current Court, the Affordable Care Act, and Lecturing in the Courtroom 39:20 - 43:00 - Buffalo, Potsdam, and the influence of Upstate New York 43:00 - End - Teaching in Post-Soviet Russia, Gangsters and Disorder Kevin J. McMahon is the John R. Reitemeyer Professor of Political Science. His research examines the presidency and the political origins and consequences of Supreme Court decisions. In 2014, the Supreme Court Historical Society awarded his book, Nixon's Court: His Challenge to Judicial Liberalism and Its Political Co