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On this day, the Supreme Court upholds limits on women and factory work hours
On February 24, 1908, the Supreme Court decided Muller v. Oregon, unanimously upholding an Oregon law setting a 10-hour limit on…
On the day, Justice Noah Swayne confirmed by the Senate
On this day in 1862, Noah Swayne was confirmed by the Senate to replace Justice John McLean, one of two dissenters in the Dred…
Remembering the Supreme Court’s first dissenter
On December 27, 1771, future Supreme Court Justice William Johnson, Jr., was born in South Carolina. Johnson has attracted a…
Battle for the Constitution: Week of December 6th, 2021 Roundup
Here is a round-up of the latest from the Battle for the Constitution: a special project on the constitutional debates in…
Channeling Justice Ginsburg in the Mississippi Abortion Fight
More than 130 friend-of-the-court briefs have been filed by anti-abortion and abortion rights groups in the Mississippi abortion…
Battle for the Constitution: Week of November 1st, 2021 Roundup
Here is a round-up of the latest from the Battle for the Constitution: a special project on the constitutional debates in…
Who can sue and be sued in a battle over a Texas abortion law?
The United States government is a powerful party when it goes into federal court. Just how powerful will be tested when the…
Battle for the Constitution: Week of September 27th, 2021 Roundup
Here is a round-up of the latest from the Battle for the Constitution: a special project on the constitutional debates in…
Battle for the Constitution: Week of September 10th, 2021 Roundup
Here is a round-up of the latest from the Battle for the Constitution: a special project on the constitutional debates in…
God and the Justices, in Court Once Again
The U.S. Supreme Court in the last few terms has been carving a legacy of religion-favored rulings in such areas as employment,…
