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Article III
On this day, a divided Supreme Court rules on the Second Amendment
On June 28, 2010, a deeply divided Supreme Court upholds gun-ownership rights within homes on a national basis, expanding on a…
When the Supreme Court first ruled on affirmative action
On June 28, 1978, the Supreme Court ruled in Regents of the University of California v. Bakke, laying the groundwork for…
Lincoln and Taney’s great writ showdown
On May 28, 1861, Supreme Court Chief Justice Roger Taney directly challenged President Abraham Lincoln’s wartime suspension of…
Could fishing companies upset a boatload of federal agencies with their Supreme Court challenge?
A group of commercial fishing companies soon will have the opportunity to persuade the Supreme Court of the United States to do…
On this day, Supreme Court reviews redistricting
On March 26, 1962, the Supreme Court decided Baker v. Carr, finding that it had the power to review the redistricting of state…
Thomas McKean: A Founding Father with a double life
Thomas McKean was a President before George Washington and supported judicial review before John Marshall. But today, McKean is…
The man who delivered California to the U.S., and was fired for it
On March 10, 1848, the Senate approved a treaty that led to California and much of the Southwest joining the United States. But…
Who were the first six Supreme Court justices?
It was on this day in 1790 that the United States Supreme Court opened for business. The court back then bared little resemblance…
On this day, the Roe v. Wade decision
On January 22, 1973, the Supreme Court handed down a decision that continues to divide the nation to this day.
In U.S. Supreme Court arguments, some unexpected truths about the judicial system
In the U.S. Supreme Court, oral arguments usually focus on one or two legal questions that the justices have agreed to decide. But…
