Protections for LGBTQ Employees
Today’s case from Supreme Court history comes from just two years ago today. In Bostock v. Clayton County, the court ruled that an...
- Jun 14
- 2 min
Flag Day
Today is Flag Day which makes the historic US Supreme Court case from today's date in history a little bit ironic. West Virginia State...
- Jun 13
- 8 min
Miranda Rights
Today is the 56th anniversary of Miranda v. Arizona, 384 U.S. 436 (1966), another landmark decision of the U.S. Supreme Court in which...
- Jun 12
- 1 min
Loving v. Virginia
Today in Supreme Court history is a big one: Loving v. Virginia, decided June 12, 1967, was a landmark civil rights decision of the U.S....
- Jun 9
- 1 min
The Court on Contraceptives
45 years ago today in Supreme Court history: Carey v. Population Services International, 431 U.S. 678 (1977), was a landmark decision of...
- Jun 8
- 1 min
The Scope of the First Amendment
Today in Supreme Court history brings us the landmark case Gitlow v. New York, 268 U.S. 652 (1925), where the Court held that the...
- Jun 7
- 1 min
Griswold v. Connecticut
Today in Supreme Court history is a big one: https://connecticuthistory.org/griswold-v-connecticut.../ Justice William O. Douglas wrote...
- Jun 4
- 1 min
Meyer v. Nebraska
Today in Supreme Court history finds the case of Meyer v. Nebraska, 262 U.S. 390 (1923). A U.S. Supreme Court case that held that a...
- Jun 2
- 1 min
Steel Seizure
Today in Supreme Court History is the case of Youngstown Sheet & Tube Co. v. Sawyer, sometimes commonly referred to as the steel seizure...
- Jun 1
- 2 min
Pierce's Precedent
Many, but not all, of the most important United States Supreme Court opinions have historically been released in June. June is the...
- May 18
- 1 min
Plessy v. Ferguson
Yesterday, I posted about the landmark Supreme Court decision, Brown v. Board of Education. That decision overruled one of the Court's...
- May 17
- 1 min
Brown v. Board of Education
68 years ago today, the decision in Brown v. Board of Education was released. Now acknowledged as one of the greatest Supreme Court...
- May 6
- 1 min
Law Day
Today we celebrate the 64th Anniversary of Law Day. This year's theme: Toward a More Perfect Union: The Constitution in Times of Change...
- Feb 21
- 3 min
I Dissent
In the last year, I have written 75+ opinions, including at least 10 dissents. Although writing a dissent often means more work for me...
- Jan 18
- 1 min
MLK Day 2022
On the third Monday of each January, we remember Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. His birthday was actually this past Saturday. “A day on, not...
- Sep 24, 2021
- 1 min
Today in History (September 24)
The Judiciary Act of 1789 is passed by Congress and signed by President George Washington, establishing the Supreme Court of the United...
- Sep 22, 2021
- 1 min
Today in History (September 22)
On September 22, 1862, President Lincoln issued a preliminary Emancipation Proclamation, which set the date of January 1st as the date...
- Sep 17, 2021
- 2 min
Today is Constitution Day!
On September 17, 1787 –that’s 234 years ago today- 39 men signed the United States Constitution. Now the oldest written national...
- Sep 8, 2021
- 2 min
Today in US History (September 8)
1974: President Gerald Ford pardoned former President Richard Nixon for any crimes he may have committed or participated in while in...