EVENTS and FEATURES
2009: PRESIDENT ABRAHAM LINCOLN, THE CONSTITUTON AND THE SUPREME COURT
May 14, 2009: Lincoln as Lawyer -- James Swanson, introduced by Justice John Paul Stevens
April 28, 2009: Lincoln and the Constitution—His Views of Liberty -- Professor Lucas Morel, introduced by Justice Clarence Thomas
April 21, 2009: Lincoln and Chief Justice Roger B. Taney -- Professor James Simon, New York Law School introduced by Justice David H. Souter
March 24, 2009: Lincoln and the Redefinition of American Democracy -- Professor Robert K. Faulkner, introduced by Justice Samuel A. Alito
2008: The EPHEMERAL NATURE of LANDMARK CASES
May 22, 2008: Swift and Erie -- Tony Freyer, introduced by Justice David H. Souter
April 30, 2008: Dennis – Michael Belknap, introduced by Jeffrey P. Minear
April 9, 2008: National League of Cities -- Eugene Hickok, introduced by Jeffrey P. Minear
April 1, 2008: Gobitas and Barnette – Richard Morgan, introduced by Chief Justice John G. Roberts
March 26, 2008: Ex Parte Merryman and Ex Parte Milligan -- John Yoo, introduced by Justice Clarence Thomas
2007: ASSOCIATE JUSTICES of the GILDED AGE
May 7, 2007: Associate Justice David Brewer -- William Wiecek, introduced by Justice David H. Souter
April 26, 2007: Justice Stanley Matthews -- Jonathan Lurie, introduced by Justice Antonin Scalia
March 6, 2007: Associate Justice Stephen Field -- Paul Kens, introduced by Jeffrey P. Minear
February 27, 2007: Associate Justice Samuel Miller -- Michael Ross, introduced by Justice Samuel A. Alito, Jr.
December 7, 2006: The Gilded Age and the Supreme Court: An Overview -- James O’Hara, introduced by Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg
2006: DISSENT and DISSENTERS
March 9, 2006: Chief Justice William Howard Taft – Manager of Dissents -- Jonathan Lurie, introduced by Justice David H. Souter
March 23, 2006: The Dissents of Justice John Marshal Harlan I -- Linda Przybyszewski, introduced by Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg
May 2, 2006: Justice William Johnson: The First “Great” Dissenter-- Sandra F. VanBurkleo, introduced by Justice Antonin Scalia
May 11, 2006: The Dred Scott Dissents – Lucas Morel, introduced by Chief Justice John G. Roberts
May 18, 2006: The Income Tax Case Dissents -- Calvin H. Johnson, introduced by Associate Justice Samuel A. Alito, Jr.
2005: PRESIDENT THOMAS JEFFERSON, CHIEF JUSTICE JOHN MARSHAL, the SUPREME COURT and the CONSTITUTION
February 23, 2005: President Jefferson’s Trio of Appointments to the Court -- Henry J. Abraham, introduced by Sally Rider on behalf of Chief Justice William H. Rehnquist
March 23, 2005: President Jefferson and the Indian Tribes: Native American Sovereignty and the Court -- Stephen G. Bragaw, introduced by Justice Sandra Day O’Connor
April 4, 2005: President Jefferson’s Legacy to the Court: Freedom of Religion -- Barbara A. Perry, introduced by Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg
April 20, 2005: President Jefferson and the Rise of Supreme Court Power –- R. Kent Newmyer, introduced by Justice David H. Souter
May 4, 2005: President Jefferson and Chief Justice Marshall -- Melvin I. Urofsky, introduced by Justice Stephen G. Breyer
2004: THE SUPREME COURT and ADVOCATES
February 19, 2004: Supreme Court Advocacy in the Early 19th Century -- David Frederick, introduced by Chief Justice William H. Rehnquist
February 26, 2004: Ex-Justice Campbell and Creative Advocacy -- Jonathan Lurie, introduced by Associate Justice David H. Souter
March 31, 2004: Louis D. Brandeis: Advocate Before and On the Bench -- Melvin Urofsky, introduced by Associate Justice Stephen G. Breyer
April 21, 2004: Women as Advocates Before the Court -- Mary Clark, introduced by Associate Justice Sandra Day O'Connor
April 29, 2004: The Solictors' General Office: A Discussion - Kenneth W. Starr, Walter Dellinger, Seth Waxman and Lincoln Caplan, introduced by Associate Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg
2002: THE SUPREME COURT in TIMES of NATIONAL EMERGENCY
October 9, 2002: Free Speech in Wartime -- Geoffrey R. Stone, introduced by Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg
October 24, 2002: The Japanese Internment Cases -- John Ferren
October 30, 2002: Private Property v. Public Needs -- Harry Scheiber, introduced by Justice John Paul Stevens
November 13, 2002: Civil Rights and Civil Liberties -- Robert Turner, introduced by Justice Anthony M. Kennedy
November 20, 2002: Cold War v. Hot War -- Douglas Kmiec, introduced by Justice Clarence Thomas
December 11, 2002: Military Courts and Military Tribunals -- Michal Belknap, introduced by Justice Sandra Day O'Connor
2001: THE CHIEF JUSTICESHIP of JOHN MARSHALL
October 11, 2001: The Supreme Court Before Marshall -- Robert Lowery Clinton, introduced by Chief Justice William H. Rehnquist
October 25, 2001: The Establishment of Judicial Autonomy: Marbury v. Madison (1803) -- William Nelson, introduced by Justice Stephen G. Breyer
November 13, 2001 John Marshall and the Creation of a National Government -- Michael McConnell, introduced by Justice Anthony M. Kennedy
November 29, 2001: Marshall versus the Presidents: Jefferson and Jackson-Henry Abraham --introduced by Justice John Paul Stevens
December 6, 2001: The Legacy of John Marshall-Charles Hobson, introduced by Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg
2000: THE SUPREME COURT and the ART of the WRITTEN WORD
October 12, 2000: The Supreme Court Justices as Extra-Judicial Author -- James O'Hara, introduced by Chief Justice William H. Rehnquist
November 8, 2000: Panel Discussion of the Supreme Court in Fiction -- Louis Auchincloss, Louis Begley, Beverley Lower, Brad Meltzer, Robert Stone, E. Barrett Prettyman, Jr., introduced by Justice Anthony M. Kennedy
November 16, 2000 The Role of the Supreme Court Reporter in History - Frank Wagner, introduced by Justice Clarence Thomas
November 30, 2000: Marshall versus the Presidents: Jefferson and Jackson-Henry Abraham --introduced by Justice John Paul Stevens
December 13, 2000: The Supreme Court Opinion as Literature -- James Boyd White, introduced by Justice Antonin Scalia
1999: THE FIRST AMENDMENT - FREE SPEECH, POLITICAL RIGHTS and LIBERTIES
April 21, 1999: The Origins and Foundations of the First Amendment and the Alien and Sedition Acts -- Murray Dry, introduced by Justice Sandra Day O'Connor
May 4, 1999: Free Speech: The Lost Years -- David Rabban, introduced by Chief Justice William H. Rehnquist
October 6, 1999: The Clear and Present Danger Test -- Douglas Laycock, introduced by Justice Stephen G. Breyer
October 13, 1999: The Clear and Present Danger Test: Panel Discussion -- Walter Berns, Phillipa Strum, and Kenneth Tollett, introduced by Justice Anthony M. Kennedy
November 3, 1999 Free Expression in the Warren and Burger Courts -- Lillian BeVier, introduced by Justice Clarence Thomas
1998: AFRICAN-AMERICAN CIVIL RIGHTS and the SUPREME COURT
April 8, 1998: Reconstruction to Plessy -- William Van Alstyne, introduced by Chief Justice William H. Rehnquist
May 19, 1998: Post Plessy, Pre Brown -- Andrew Kull, introduced by Justice Anthony M. Kennedy
October 7, 1998: If... -- Jack Greenberg, introduced by Justice John Paul Stevens
November 18, 1998: African-American Rights After Brown -- Gerald Rosenberg, introduced by Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg
1997: CHIEF JUSTICES OF THE SUPREME COURT:
April 9, 1997: Chief Justice John Marshall (1801-1835) -- Herbert Johnson, introduced by Justice Clarence Thomas
May 7, 1997: Chief Justice Roger B. Taney (1836-1864) -- James B. O'Hara, introduced by Chief Justice William H. Rehnquist
May 21, 1997: Chief Justice Melville Fuller (1888-1910) -- James Ely, introduced by Justice John Paul Stevens
October 8, 1997: Chief Justice William Howard Taft (1921-1930) -- Robert Post, introduced by Justice Sandra Day O'Connor
November 5, 1997: Chief Justice Earl Warren (1953-1969) -- Bernard Schwartz, introduced by Justice Stephen G. Breyer
November 19, 1997: Chief Justice Charles Evans Hughes (1930-1941) -- Barry Cushman, introduced by Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg
1996: THE FOUR HORSEMEN V. THE NEW DEAL
April 2, 1996: Dawn of the Conservative Era -- Paul Kens, introduced by Justice Stephen G. Breyer
April 9, 1996: The Court in the Progressive Era -- Benno C. Schmidt, Jr., introduced by Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg
May 21, 1996: Re-enectment of the Gold Clause Cases -- Charles Cooper, Philip Lacovara, Kenneth Tollett, Presided by Justice Antonin Scalia
October 1, 1996: The Return of the Four Horsemen -- Hadley P. Arkes, introduced by Chief Justice William H. Rehnquist
October 10, 1996: The Nine Justices Respond to the 1937 Crisis -- William E. Leuchtemburg, Jr., introduced by Justice Anthony M. Kennedy
October 22, 1996: The New Deal Court in the 1940s: Its Constitutional Legacy -- David P. Currie, introduced by Justice David H. Souter
1995: THE SUPREME COURT and WORLD WAR II
January 25, 1995: The Court at War and the War at the Court -- Melvin Urofsky, introduced by Chief Justice William H. Rehnquist
February 9, 1995: Property Rights and the Supreme Court in World War II -- James W. Ely, Jr., introduced by Justice Byron R. White
March 9, 1995: The Supreme Court and Racial Equality during World War II -- Mary Dudziak, introduced by Justice David H. Souter
March 23, 1995: Saboteurs and Treason, Quirin and Cramer -- J. Woodford Howard and David J. Danelski, introduced by Justice Antonin Scalia
April 27, 1995: The First Amendment and World War II -- Tony A. Freyer, introduced by Justice Anthony M. Kennedy
May 10, 1995: Justice Jackson and the Nuremberg Trials -- Dennis Hutchinson, introduced by Justice Sandra Day O'Connor
1994: THE SUPREME COURT and the CIVIL WAR
March 9, 1994: Antebellum Constitutional Crises-Herman Belz -- Ludwell Johnson and Larry Kramer, introduced by Chief Justice William H. Rehnquist
March 30, 1994: Taney, Lincoln and the Constitutional Conversation -- Phillip Paludan, introduced by Justice Sandra Day O'Connor
April 6, 1994: Revisiting Chase's Jurisprudence -- G. Edward White, introduced by Justice David H. Souter
April 26, 1994: Justice Embattled -- Mark Neeley, introduced by Justice Anthony M. Kennedy
May 11, 1994: The Supreme Court Docket -- Harold Hyman, introduced by Justice Clarence Thomas
May 25, 1994: Reconstruction: The Aftermath of the Civil War -- Earl Maltz, Michael Les Benedict, Herman Belz, Randall Kennedy, introduced by Retired Justice Harry A. Blackmun
1993: JEWISH JUSTICES of the SUPREME COURT
March 4, 1993: Louis Brandeis -- Delivered by Melvin Urofsky, introduced by Justice Sandra Day O'Connor
March 18, 1993: Felix Frankfurter -- Delivered by Michael Parrish, introduced by Senator George Mitchell
March 25, 1993: Benjamin Cardozo -- Delivered by Andrew Kauffman, introduced by Senator George Mitchell
April 29, 1993 Arthur Goldberg -- Delivered by Emily Van Tassell, introduced by Justice David H. Souter
May 13, 1993: Abe Fortas -- Delivered by Bruce Allen Murphy, introduced by Justice Anthony Kennedy
