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U.S. Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia talked with high school students about his life and career, the Constitution, and the operation of the Court. He responded to questions from the stu…

Participants spoke to reporters on the steps of the U.S. Supreme Court following oral arguments in the case of Exxon Shipping Co. v. Baker. On March 24, 1989, the oil tanker Exxon Valdez …

Participants spoke to reporters on the steps of the U.S. Supreme Court following oral arguments in the case of Baze v. Rees. The Court will decide if lethal injections are “cruel and unusual…

Participants spoke to reporters on the steps of the U.S. Supreme Court to express their reactions to a 5-4 decision the Court had just handed down. The decision restricted the use of race wh…

Following introductory remarks by Justice Clarence Thomas, Professor Herbert Alan Johnson discussed his new book titled, The Chief Justiceship of John Marshall, 1801-1835. He discussed the 3…

Chief Justice William Rehnquist described a little history of the U.S. Supreme Court in his book, "Grand Inquests: The Historic Impeachments of Justice Samuel Chase and President Andrew Joh…

Following oral arguments in two cases involving the placement of the Ten Commandments on courthouse and public grounds, litigants talked to reporters on the steps of the Supreme Court buildi…

Justices heard arguments in the case of Bush v. Gore, docket number 00-949, regarding the manual recount of “undervote” ballots ordered by the Florida Supreme Court. Among the concerns of th…

Justices heard oral arguments in the case of George W. Bush v. Palm Beach County Canvassing Board, docket number 00-836, focusing on whether manual recounts of votes in the presidential elec…

Justices heard oral arguments in two cases involving the detention of foreign nationals captured abroad and incarcerated at Guantanamo Naval Base in Cuba. The cases are Rasul v. Bush and Al-…

Lawyers for the government, environmental groups, and watch dog organizations argued a case involving the disclosure of documents and information relating to Vice President Cheney’s energy p…

Earlier that day, the Supreme Court heard oral arguments in Elk Grove Unified School District v. Newdow. Michael Newdow, an atheist, sought to have the words “under God” declared unconstitut…

All nine Supreme Court justices posed for a group photograph.

In an interview aired prior to the lecture, Supreme Court Historical Society President Leon Silverman, described the six-part lecture series concerning the impact of the U.S. Civil War on th…

Justice Kennedy introduced Professor Neely, who examined whether the Civil War shaped the judges or the judges shaped the war. He focused on a controversy between the federal government and …

Mary Sue Coleman, President of the University of Michigan, spoke to reporters on the steps of the Supreme Court about her reaction to a decision upholding Affirmative Actions admissions at t…

Lawyers spoke to reporters on the steps of the Supreme Court about the courts decision on Affirmative Actions cases at the University of Michigan. The Court upheld Affirmative Action program…

Justices heard oral arguments on two cases involving affirmative action and college admissions practices. At 10 a.m. the justices heard arguments in Grutter v. Bollinger, a case involving ad…

Following Supreme Court Oral Arguments of two University of Michigan admissions policy cases, some of the parties involved spoke to reporters on the plaza in front of the Supreme Court.

Following oral arguments before the Supreme Court, attorney Rodney Smolla and Virginia Attorney General Jerry Kilgore spoke to reporters outside the U.S. Supreme Court about the case Virgini…