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Oct 29, 2009 · Thurgood Marshall—perhaps best known as the first African American Supreme Court justice—played an instrumental role in promoting racial equality during the civil rights movement. As a ...
Sep 15, 2022 · EnlargeDownload Link Citation: Show-cause order served on James Madison, Secretary of State, 1802; Records of the Supreme Court of the United States; Record Group 267; National Archives. (The document shows damage from the 1898 fire in the Capitol Building.) View Transcript The decision in this Supreme Court Case established the right of the courts to determine the constitutionality of the ...
Feb 24, 2022 · Madison and the independent Supreme Court. On February 24, 1803, Chief Justice John Marshall issued the Supreme Court’s decision in Marbury v. Madison, establishing the constitutional and philosophical principles behind the high court’s power of judicial review. The dramatic tale begins with the presidential election of 1800, in which ...
May 11, 2010 · The Supreme Court of the United States (or SCOTUS) is the highest federal court in the country and the head of the judicial branch of government. Established by the U.S. Constitution, the Supreme ...
September 29, 2005. The Supreme Court of the United States ( SCOTUS) is the highest court in the federal judiciary of the United States. It has ultimate appellate jurisdiction over all U.S. federal court cases, and over state court cases that turn on questions of U.S. constitutional or federal law. It also has original jurisdiction over a ...
The Court is the highest tribunal in the Nation for all cases and controversies arising under the Constitution or the laws of the United States. As the final arbiter of the law, the Court is charged with ensuring the American people the promise of equal justice under law and, thereby, also functions as guardian and interpreter of the Constitution.
President Theodore Roosevelt appointed Holmes to the Supreme Court in 1902, where he served for nearly 30 years, retiring at the age of 90. He died in 1935 and is buried at Arlington National Cemetery. Photograph by Harris & Ewing, Collection of the Supreme Court of the United States. Click on the arrows or dots to see the first photograph.
