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Illustration: Chief Justice John Marshall, engraving by Saint-Mémin, 1808. Credit: Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division.

President Adams’s Gift to the Nation: Chief Justice John Marshall

By Tony Pettinato on January 20, 2025

In 1801 President John Adams nominated John Marshall to be the next chief justice of the U.S. Supreme Court, his “gift” to the people of the United States... (Read More)

President Lyndon B. Johnson signs the Civil Rights Act on 2 July 1964. Among the guests behind him is Martin Luther King Jr. Credit: White House Press Office; Cecil Stoughton; Wikimedia Commons.

On This Day: Supreme Court Upheld 1964 Civil Rights Act

By Tony Pettinato on December 14, 2020

The Supreme Court ruled on 14 December 1964 that the Civil Rights Act was constitutional, prohibiting racial discrimination in public accommodations... (Read More)

Photo: Thurgood Marshall photographed on 13 June 1967 in the Oval Office. Credit: National Archives and Records Administration; Wikimedia Commons.

Thurgood Marshall Nominated: First Black Supreme Court Justice

By Tony Pettinato on June 15, 2015

An article about President Johnson announcing on 13 June 1967 his nomination of Thurgood Marshall to be the first African American Supreme Court justice... (Read More)

Photo: Louis Brandeis. Credit: Wikimedia Commons.

‘People’s Lawyer’ Louis Brandeis: 1st Jewish Supreme Court Justice

By Tony Pettinato on June 1, 2015

An article about Louis Dembitz Brandeis being confirmed as the first Jewish Supreme Court justice in U.S. history, on 1 June 1916... (Read More)


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