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Thurgood Marshall’s unique Supreme Court legacy

by NCC Staff

On August 30, 1967, the Senate confirmed Thurgood Marshall as the first Black person to serve as a Supreme Court Justice. Marshall…

Thurgood Marshall’s unique Supreme Court legacy
Blame Abraham Lincoln for the nation’s first national Income Tax

by NCC Staff

Most people aren’t big fans of a national income tax, but it was on this day back in 1861 that the first one was levied by the…

Blame Abraham Lincoln for the nation’s first national Income Tax
Looking back: The Supreme Court decision that ended Nixon’s presidency

by NCC Staff

It was on this day in 1974 that the U.S. Supreme Court dealt a fatal blow to President Richard Nixon’s presidency, in a decision…

Looking back: The Supreme Court decision that ended Nixon’s presidency
William Howard Taft’s truly historic ‘double-double’

by NCC Staff

On June 30, 1921, President Warren Harding announced that former President William Howard Taft would become the new Chief Justice…

William Howard Taft’s truly historic ‘double-double’
When the Supreme Court first ruled on affirmative action

by NCC Staff

On June 28, 1978, the Supreme Court ruled in Regents of the University of California v. Bakke, laying the groundwork for…

When the Supreme Court first ruled on affirmative action
On this day, the Supreme Court reinforces the 10th Amendment

by NCC Staff

Setting a precedent with important implications today, the Supreme Court’s decision from 1997 in Printz v. United States…

On this day, the Supreme Court reinforces the 10th Amendment
10 fascinating facts about Watergate

by NCC Staff

On June 17, 1972, police caught five men breaking into the Democratic National Committee headquarters at the Watergate complex in…

10 fascinating facts about Watergate
A look back at Justice Sandra Day O’Connor’s court legacy

by Abigail Perkiss

It was on this day that Sandra Day O’Connor announced her retirement from the U.S. Supreme Court.

A look back at Justice Sandra Day O’Connor’s court legacy
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