Some justices on the U.S. Supreme Court may have thought—or hoped—that overturning the abortion rights landmark decision, Roe…
On February 15, 1879, President Rutherford B. Hayes signed a new law that would admit women as members of the Supreme Court bar…
On this day in 1898, Joseph McKenna took his oath and joined the Supreme Court to fill the vacancy of Justice Stephen Field.
On January 22, 1973, the Supreme Court handed down a decision that continues to divide the nation to this day.
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Today marks the anniversary of Rosa Parks’ decision to sit down for her rights on a Montgomery, Alabama, bus, putting the effort…
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