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Justice Holmes and the Civil War Panelists at the Supreme Court Historical Society talked about the impact of the Civil War on the life of Supreme Court Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.
The Supreme Court Historical Society’s 2014 Leon Silverman Lecture Series, “The Supreme Court and the Civil War Revisited,” marked the 150th anniversary of the American Civil War. “Touched with Fire: Justice Holmes and the Civil War,” the second of the four lectures, was held in the courtroom of the Supreme Court of the United States in Washington, D.C. close
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- Scott S. Harris Clerk U.S. Supreme Court
- James M. McPherson Professor Emeritus Princeton University->History Department
- Brad Snyder Assistant Professor University of Wisconsin-Madison->Law School
- G. Edward White Professor University of Virginia->Law
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