{"id":32553,"date":"2025-06-23T07:58:02","date_gmt":"2025-06-23T13:58:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/runnymedesociety.ca\/?p=32553"},"modified":"2025-06-23T07:59:58","modified_gmt":"2025-06-23T13:59:58","slug":"morton-the-politicization-of-the-courts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/runnymedesociety.ca\/en\/morton-the-politicization-of-the-courts\/","title":{"rendered":"Morton: The Politicization  of the Courts"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Have the courts become political? In this encore episode from Law &amp; Freedom 2025, Professor Ted Morton argues that changes in how Canadians view the role of our courts and the purpose of our constitution have politicized our courts. The full panel discussion, featuring three other speakers, can be found on our Member Area.\u00a0 Further reading: <a href=\"https:\/\/digitalcommons.osgoode.yorku.ca\/cgi\/viewcontent.cgi?article=1718&amp;context=ohlj\"><em>The Charter Revolution and the Court Party<\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n<div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_7308\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-32553-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/runnymederadio\/content.blubrry.com\/runnymederadio\/Morton_The_Politicization_of_the_Courts.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/runnymederadio\/content.blubrry.com\/runnymederadio\/Morton_The_Politicization_of_the_Courts.mp3\">https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/runnymederadio\/content.blubrry.com\/runnymederadio\/Morton_The_Politicization_of_the_Courts.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/div><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_links_mp3\" style=\"margin-bottom: 1px !important;\">Podcast: <a href=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/runnymederadio\/content.blubrry.com\/runnymederadio\/Morton_The_Politicization_of_the_Courts.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/runnymedesociety.ca\/en\/?powerpress_pinw=32553-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/runnymederadio\/content.blubrry.com\/runnymederadio\/Morton_The_Politicization_of_the_Courts.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"Morton_The_Politicization_of_the_Courts.mp3\">Download<\/a> (Duration: 22:54 &#8212; 33.2MB) | <a href=\"#\" class=\"powerpress_link_e\" title=\"Embed\" onclick=\"return powerpress_show_embed('32553-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Embed<\/a><\/p><p class=\"powerpress_embed_box\" id=\"powerpress_embed_32553-podcast\" style=\"display: none;\"><input id=\"powerpress_embed_32553-podcast_t\" type=\"text\" value=\"&lt;iframe width=&quot;320&quot; height=&quot;30&quot; src=&quot;https:\/\/runnymedesociety.ca\/en\/?powerpress_embed=32553-podcast&amp;amp;powerpress_player=mediaelement-audio&quot; title=&quot;Blubrry Podcast Player&quot; frameborder=&quot;0&quot; scrolling=&quot;no&quot;&gt;&lt;\/iframe&gt;\" onclick=\"javascript: this.select();\" onfocus=\"javascript: this.select();\" style=\"width: 70%;\" readOnly><\/p><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_subscribe_links\">Subscribe: <a href=\"https:\/\/subscribebyemail.com\/runnymedesociety.ca\/en\/feed\/podcast\/\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_email\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe by Email\" rel=\"nofollow\">Email<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/runnymedesociety.ca\/en\/feed\/podcast\/\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_rss\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe via RSS\" rel=\"nofollow\">RSS<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Have the courts become political? 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