Books That Shaped America: The Common Law
In part five of Books That Shaped America, the National Constitution Center’s Jeffrey Rosen explored The Common Law, an 1881 book authored by legal scholar and jurist Oliver Wendell Holmes J…
737 viewsIn part five of Books That Shaped America, the National Constitution Center’s Jeffrey Rosen explored The Common Law, an 1881 book authored by legal scholar and jurist Oliver Wendell Holmes J…
737 viewsA panel of legal experts discussed the importance of the Supreme Court decision in Plessy v. Ferguson and the evolution of civil rights test cases. The American College of Trial Lawyers and …
292 viewsIn 1996, the Supreme Court heard oral argument in United States v. Virginia, a case challenging Virginia Military Institute’s male-only admissions policy. To commemorate the 25th anniversary…
482 viewsJustices Ruth Bader Ginsburg and Sonia Sotomayor shared stories about the Supreme Court’s food traditions, including the justices' food preferences and topics of conversation at shared meals…
20,645 viewsAuthors spoke about Supreme Court issues and operations. They included Clare Cushman, Courtwatchers: Eyewitness Accounts in Supreme Court History, Anthony Franze, The Last Justice, Todd Pepp…
784 viewsClare Cushman talked about her book Courtwatchers: Eyewitness Accounts in Supreme Court History. In her book she gives a behind-the-scenes look at the people, practices, and traditions that …
298 viewsClare Cushman, editor of The Supreme Court Justices: Illustrated Biographies, 1789-1993, spoke about what readers can expect from this book. She stated that general information on each justi…
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