My Grandfather's Son Book Party
A reception to mark the publication of Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas' memoir, My Grandfather’s Son: A Memoir, published by Harper, was held by radio host and columnist Armstrong Will…
2,667 viewsA reception to mark the publication of Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas' memoir, My Grandfather’s Son: A Memoir, published by Harper, was held by radio host and columnist Armstrong Will…
2,667 viewsChief Justice John Roberts talked about the U.S. Constitution at the Supreme Court. He talked about his early interest in constitutional law, the role of the constitution in the operation of…
3,818 viewsThe Supreme Court heard oral argument in Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission. The case arose from a political documentary called Hillary: The Movie. The film’s producers lost a Fe…
13,343 viewsSupreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts addressed students at the University of Alabama Law School about the history of the U.S. Supreme Court. Following his remarks he responded to questio…
3,492 viewsThe U.S. Postal Service issued “Justices of the Supreme Court of the United States,” a pane of four stamps honoring the contributions of Associate Justices Joseph Story (1812-1845), Louis D…
527 viewsJustice Sonia Sotomayor was at the U.S. Supreme Court for a formal investiture as a Supreme Court justice. After the investiture she and Chief Justice John Roberts walked down the Supreme Co…
481 viewsChief Justice of the United States John Roberts spoke about his role as chief justice, about how he assigns opinion writing to the Supreme Court justices, and his administrative duties as ch…
833 viewsAssociate Justice Sonia Sotomayor was sworn in as the 111th justice of the U.S. Supreme Court. Chief Justice John Roberts administered the Judicial Oath in the East Conference…
3,336 viewsChief Justice John Roberts held a conversation on stage with Judge Harvie Wilkinson at the Fourth Circuit’s Judicial Conference at The Greenbrier in White Sulphur Springs, West Virginia. Chi…
496 viewsThe Supreme Court heard oral arguments in the case of Northwest Austin Municipal Utility District No. 1 v. Holder, docket number 08-322. At issue were provisions of the 1965 federal Voting R…
3,409 viewsThe U.S. Supreme Court heard oral argument in the cases of Crawford v. Marion County Election Board and Indiana Democratic Party v. Rokita about the validity of the law passed in 2005 by the…
804 viewsThe Supreme Court heard oral arguments in the case of Kennedy v. Louisiana on the constitutionality of the death penalty for child rape. This program contained the audio recording release…
4,000 viewsChief Justice Roberts, Justice Ginsburg, and others gave brief remarks. The NAWJ Lifetime Achievement Award was presented to retired Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O’Connor, who then spoke…
504 viewsPaul Clement talked about the role of the solicitor general’s office, his experiences as solicitor general, the appellate process, and cases brought to the federal courts over the past sever…
360 viewsThe Supreme Court heard oral argument in the case of District of Columbia v. Heller, docket number 07-290, in which a 1976 law was challenged that had the effect of banning handguns in the D…
15,377 viewsThe Supreme Court heard oral argument in Baze v. Rees, docket number 07-5439. The Court will decide if the lethal injection drugs used to execute prisoners on death row have such a high prob…
1,414 viewsJustices heard oral arguments in the cases of Boumediene v. Bush, docket number 06-1195, and Al Odah v. U.S. involving the rights of suspected terrorists held at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, and th…
1,753 viewsChief Justice of the United States John G. Roberts, Jr., delivered the keynote address at the dedication ceremony of the third building of the Syracuse University S.I. Newhouse School of Pub…
222 viewsChief Justice John Roberts made brief remarks at the Fourth Circuit’s Judicial Conference, including references to Robert Frost’s poetry and the late Chief Justice Rehnquist’s method of disc…
223 viewsJustices heard oral arguments on two cases involving partial birth abortions. At 10 a.m. the justices heard arguments in Gonzales v. Carhart, et al.. At 11 a.m., they heard Gonzales v. Plann…
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