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The Taft Court: Making Law for a Divided Nation 1921-1930
Join the Society for a discussion of The Taft Court: Making Law for a Divided Nation, 1921-1930 (1924), which is Volume 10 of the Oliver Wendell Holmes Devise History of the Supreme Court of the United States with authors Robert Post and Robert Gordon.
The Oliver Wendell Holmes Devise was established by Congress in 1955 to administer funds bequeathed by the associate justice to document and disseminate the history of the U.S. Supreme Court.
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Calm Command: Chief Justice Melville Fuller in His Times, 1888-1910-Conversation with Douglas Rooks
Просмотров 132Месяц назад
Melville Fuller, among the most prominent Maine natives of his day, is little known today. This groundbreaking biography, the first in 70 years, restores him to his rightful place amid one of the most turbulent, dynamic eras of American history, not hiding his flaws, but highlighting his considerable accomplishments in uniting a fractious Supreme Court behind his patient and steady leadership. ...
SCHS 50th Anniversary Video
Просмотров 375Месяц назад
SCHS 50th Anniversary Video
Visiting the Supreme Court
Просмотров 538Месяц назад
With the start of the new Term at the Supreme Court, please join Executive Director Jim Duff for a virtual program focusing on visiting the Supreme Court Building with the Court’s Curator, Matthew Hofstedt, and Deputy Curator, Nikki Peronace. They will discuss recent efforts to enhance the visitor’s experience of the building with new exhibitions and educational materials. Mr. Hofstedt has serv...
Illustrated Guide to the Supreme Court with Clare Cushman
Просмотров 98Месяц назад
Clare Cushman and Jim Duff discuss the Society's newest book, An Illustrated Guide to the Supreme Court,
Constitution Day 2024: Judge Jon Newman & Professor Marin Levy on their book, Written and Unwritten
Просмотров 6973 месяца назад
Judge Jon O. Newman and Professor Marin K. Levy spoke on their new book, Written and Unwritten: The Rules, Internal Procedures and Customs of the United States Courts of Appeals Although the 13 United States Courts of Appeals are the final word on 99 percent of all federal cases, there is no detailed account of how these Courts operate. How do judges decide which decisions are binding precedent...
Chief Justice Warren E. Burger and His Vision for the Judiciary
Просмотров 5455 месяцев назад
In celebration of the Society’s 50th Anniversary, join the Supreme Court Historical Society’s President, Carter G. Phillips, Executive Director, Jim Duff, and Director of Publications, Clare Cushman, for a conversation on the Society’s Founder, Chief Justice Warren E. Burger. From the time he joined the Supreme Court in 1969, Chief Justice Burger worked tirelessly to bring his vision of the jud...
The Interbellum Constitution: Union, Commerce, and Slavery in the Age of Federalisms
Просмотров 3476 месяцев назад
Alison LaCroix is the Robert Newton Reid Professor of Law at the University of Chicago Law School. She is also an Associate Member of the University of Chicago Department of History. She is a scholar of US legal history specializing in constitutional law, federalism, and eighteenth- and nineteenth-century legal thought. Professor LaCroix is the author of The Interbellum Constitution: Union, Com...
Charles Hamilton Houston and the Supreme Court Justices He Knew with Professor Jose Anderson
Просмотров 2227 месяцев назад
In celebration of Law Day 2024, the Society is hosting Professor José Anderson, the author of Genius for Justice, to discuss Charles Hamilton Houston and the Supreme Court Justices He Knew on April 30, 2024, at noon in a virtual lecture. Charles Hamilton Houston was the first special counsel for the NAACP and the Dean of the Howard University Law School. He was a mentor and colleague of Thurgoo...
The Legal Career of Ruth Bader Ginsburg
Просмотров 2468 месяцев назад
Join the Society to discuss Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s early career as a leading advocate before the Supreme Court. Panelists will include: Sharron Cohen: Sharron Frontiero (Cohen) was the plaintiff in Frontiero v. Richardson (1973). She was a lieutenant in the United States Air Force when she was denied dependent spousal benefits for her husband, a benefit routinely granted to male service ...
The First Chief Justice: John Jay and the Making of a New Nation
Просмотров 1719 месяцев назад
Justice Mark C. Dillon discusses his book: The First Chief Justice: John Jay and the Making of a New Nation
Jessica Lowe--Murder in the Shenandoah talk for the Supreme Court Historical Society
Просмотров 20510 месяцев назад
Professor Jessica Lowe joined the Society to talk about her book, Murder in the Shenandoah.
Samuel Nelson and Judicial Reputation with William B. Meyer and Timothy S. Huebner.
Просмотров 1,1 тыс.11 месяцев назад
Professor William B. Meyer discusses his article “Samuel Nelson and Judicial Reputation” in the Journal of Supreme Court History (48.3) with Timothy S. Huebner.
Constitution Day 2023--Judge Guido Calabresi on Clerking for Justice Hugo L. Black.
Просмотров 374Год назад
In Celebration of Constitution Day 2023, the Society is delighted to host the Honorable Guido Calabresi and Norman Silber in conversation about Judge Calabresi’s clerkship with Justice Hugo L. Black. Drawing from the recently published two-volume oral history, Outside In, the two will discuss Judge Calabresi’s October 1958 Clerkship Year.
Repeal Day Virtual Happy Happy with the Supreme Court Historical Society
Просмотров 86Год назад
Celebrate the 90th Anniversary of the Repeal of the 18th Amendment with the Supreme Court Historical Society Join the Supreme Court Historical Society in commemorating the only time an amendment to the Constitution of the United States has been repealed. Nancy Maveety, author of Glass and Gavel, will join the Society over Zoom to discuss the Supreme Court’s Prohibition jurisprudence, the repeal...
The Court at War: A Conversation with Cliff Sloan and Teresa Roseborough
Просмотров 166Год назад
The Court at War: A Conversation with Cliff Sloan and Teresa Roseborough
Civics and American Democracy: Richard Haass and the Bill of Obligations
Просмотров 125Год назад
Civics and American Democracy: Richard Haass and the Bill of Obligations
Breaking History: Zach Jonas - "FDR's Court-packing and the Struggle for Civil Rights"
Просмотров 176Год назад
Breaking History: Zach Jonas - "FDR's Court-packing and the Struggle for Civil Rights"
The Relevance of Chief Justice John Marshall
Просмотров 75Год назад
The Relevance of Chief Justice John Marshall
Lincoln, the Founders, and the Challenge of Self government
Просмотров 58Год назад
Lincoln, the Founders, and the Challenge of Self government
Kevin McMahon Interview
Просмотров 39Год назад
Kevin McMahon Interview
How The Man Who Once Was Whizzer White Shaped My Career
Просмотров 215Год назад
How The Man Who Once Was Whizzer White Shaped My Career
Gabriel Valle & Timothy Huebner -A Hero Forgotten: Gus Garcia & the Litigation of Hernandez v. Texas
Просмотров 143Год назад
Gabriel Valle & Timothy Huebner -A Hero Forgotten: Gus Garcia & the Litigation of Hernandez v. Texas
Juneteenth 2023--The Ed Johnson Lynching and the United States v. Shipp with Judge Curtis Collier
Просмотров 513Год назад
Juneteenth 2023 The Ed Johnson Lynching and the United States v. Shipp with Judge Curtis Collier
History of Securities Law in the Supreme Court with Adam Pritchard and Robert Thompson
Просмотров 241Год назад
History of Securities Law in the Supreme Court with Adam Pritchard and Robert Thompson
Supreme Court Historical Society Law Day Lecture - James Wilson & “We The People” with John Mikhail
Просмотров 266Год назад
Supreme Court Historical Society Law Day Lecture - James Wilson & “We The People” with John Mikhail
Civics and American Democracy Independent Judicial Systems Under Stress
Просмотров 51Год назад
Civics and American Democracy Independent Judicial Systems Under Stress
Female Genius George Washington and Eliza Harriot at the Dawn of the Constitution
Просмотров 41Год назад
Female Genius George Washington and Eliza Harriot at the Dawn of the Constitution
The Jay Family of New York Abolition, Slavery, and an Enslaved Woman Named Abigail
Просмотров 52Год назад
The Jay Family of New York Abolition, Slavery, and an Enslaved Woman Named Abigail
SCHS - FDR and the Court Packing Controversy
Просмотров 50Год назад
SCHS - FDR and the Court Packing Controversy