Robert believes it is important for citizens to have a direct experience watching and listening to the operation of government. Importantly, the federal government. He thinks it is undeniable that watching and listening to government workers doing their jobs gives one confidence that things are working better than they are portrayed in the popular media.

Here’s a link to the Oyez site, which provides a fantastic application for listing to oral arguments at the US Supreme Court.

There’s lots of cases to listen to.  Try it.

If you don’t know which one to chose, you might listen to one of the most important cases of the twenty-first century:

Bush v. Gore (Recount of votes in Presidential Election)

Roper v. Simmons (Execution of prisoners for crimes committed before age 18)

Van Orden v. Perry (Ten Commandments at statehouse)

District of Columbia v. Heller (Handgun ban in Washington DC)

Citizens United v. FEC (Regulation of electioneering communications)