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Historians discussed how Supreme Court justices, such as John Jay, shaped the role of the court in the first decades of the United States. The National Constitution Center in Philadelphia ho…

Carol Berkin, history professor at Baruch College, examines the motivations for the creation of the Bill of Rights, and the debates that it spurred, which are echoed today. She speaks with M…

Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg participated in a conversation with historian Maeva Marcus about women and the Constitution. This program in George Washington University’s Lisne…

Gerard Magliocca talked about his book Andrew Jackson and the Constitution: The Rise and Fall of Generational Regimes, published by University Press of Kansas. He described the differences i…

Maeva Marcus, Supreme Court Historian, talked about the Supreme Court in its infancy during the presidency of George Washington. Among the issues she addressed were the number of justices, W…

Diane Skvarla, Curator for the U.S. Senate, and Maeva Marcus, Historian for the U.S. Supreme Court talked about the old Supreme Court chamber in the U.S. Capitol, which was originally planne…

Ms. Marcus talked about her book Documentary history of the Supreme Court of the United States, 1789-1800, published by Columbia University Press. The book was the sixth volume in a series a…

The Judicial Conference of the U.S. and the Committee on the Bicentennial of the Constitution sponsored a forum on the Bill of Rights, focusing on contrasting the perspectives of the writers…

“General Principles of the Judiciary Act of 1789” forum sponsored by the Bicentennial Conference on the Judiciary Act of 1789. The participants talked about the general principles, as well …

Maeva Marcus talked about the history of the Supreme Court and controversial nominees.

Maeva Marcus discussed the creation of the Supreme Court and its first ten years. She answered questions from viewers.