EVENTS and FEATURES
The Mount Vernon Ladies' Association Lecture
The Mount Vernon Ladies' Association will host a lecture by Justice Sandra Day O'Connor on October 5, 2010. The lecture will take place at Mount Vermon. Invitations will be mailed to Society members containing ticket information. If you are not a Society member you may contact the Society make a reservation at (202) 543-0400. Lecture and ticket information will be available soon.
Frank C. Jones Reenactment Series Lecture
The Supreme Court Historical Society will host the 2nd Frank C. Jones Reenactment Lecture on October 21, 2010 at the Supreme Court. Invitation and ticket information will be available soon.
RECENT EVENTS
2010 Supreme Court Summer Institute for Teachers
The 2010 Summer Institute for Teachers took place June 17-22, 2010. Please click the following link to view an article about this very successful educational program.
http://www.usatoday.com/news/education/2010-06-24-teachers-supreme-court_N.htm?csp=34news&POE;=click-refer
The Supreme Court Historical Society 35th Annual Meeting and Dinner
The Society held its 35th Annual Meeting and Dinner on Monday, June 7, 2010. The Annual Lecture speaker was The Honorable Judith S. Kaye (Retired). Chief Judge Kaye delivered a lecture entitled The Supreme Court and Justice for Children.
The Schedule of Events was:
2:00 pm - Annual Lecture The Supreme Court and Justice for Children, Judith S. Kaye (Retired)
6:00 pm - General Meeting of the Membership, Annual Trustees Meeting
7:00 pm - Reception
8:00 pm - Thirty-fifth Annual Dinner
Tours of the building were offered before and after the lecture.
At the 35th annual Meeting the Society was pleased to recognize the recipients of the Hughes-Gossett Prizes for outstanding articles published in the Journal during the past year.
The Hughes-Gossett Award for the best published submission by a student went to Connor Mullin for his article entitled "Edward Bennett Williams for the Petitioner: Profile of a Supreme Court Advocate." Mr. Mullin received his J.D. from Georgetown University Law Center in 2008 and is now an Associate with the firm of Akin Gump in Washington, D.C.
Click here to view the article written by Connor Mullin
The Hughes-Gossett Award for the Best Journal Article went to Professor Christopher Waldrep for his article entitled "Joseph P. Bradley's Journey: The Meaning of Privileges and Immunities." Professor Waldrep is the Jamie and Phyllis Pasker Professor of History at San Francisco State University, a position he has held since August 2000. As a professor his teaching concentrates on American Constitutional history, rights in America before the civil War, and Reconstruction. An accomplished author he has written several books and numerous articles dealing with race and violence in the United States. Professor Waldrep attended East Illinois University, graduating with a Bachelor of Science degree in 1973. He then earned a Masters Degree at Purdue University in 1974 and his Ph.D. from Ohio State University in 1990. Currently he is working on a book about the Supreme Court, civil rights and jury discrimination, entitled Jury Discrimination: The Supreme Court, Public Opinion, and a Grassroots Fight for Racial Equality in Mississippi.
Click here to view the article written by Professor Christopher Waldrep
The 2010 Leon Silverman Lecture Series: The Supreme Court and Separation of Powers
The 2010 Leon Silverman Lecture Series consisted of four lectures about The Supreme Court and Separation of Powers. Those lectures took place as follows:
Marbury v. Madison | May 11, 2010
Larry Kramer, Richard E. Lang Professor Of Law and Dean, Stanford University School of Law
C-SPAN did not record this program
The Eleventh Amendment | April 27, 2010
John V. Orth, William Rand Kenan, Jr. Professor of Law, University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill
C-SPAN did not record this program
Appointments to the Court | April 20, 2010
Barbara A. Perry, Carter Glass Professor of Government, Director of the Center for Civic Renewal, Sweet Briar College
Original Intent and A Living Constitution | March 23, 2010
A Conversation Between Associate Justice Antonin Scalia and Associate Justice Stephen G. Breyer
Ladies of Legend, The First Generation of American Women Attorneys | October 27, 2008
The Supreme Court Historical Society, The Historical Society of the Courts of the State of New York and Friends of John Jay Homestead hosted this historic lecture delivered by Professor Jill Norgren.
"First Generation" / Intro [MP3] | "First Generation" / Part I [MP3] | "First Generation" / Part II [MP3]
The Frank C. Jones Reenactment Series: A Reenactment of Muller v. Oregon | December 15, 2008
The inaugural Frank C. Jones Reenactment Lecture took place on December 15, 2008 with a reenactment of Muller v. Oregon, commemorating the 100th anniversary of the Brandeis Brief. Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg presided over the argument.
"Muller v. Oregon" Part I [MP3] | "Muller v. Oregon" Part II [MP3]
Scarlet Fever, Stanley Matthews and the Ohio Supreme Court | Wednesday, April 1, 2009
The Supreme Court Historical Society and the Supreme Court of Ohio co-sponsored the lecture delivered by Notre Dame University professor, Linda Przybyszewski.
April 1 / Part I [MP3] | April 1 / Part II [MP3]
The 2009 Leon Silverman Lecture Series: President Abraham Lincoln, the Constitution and the Supreme Court
The 2009 Leon Silverman Lecture Series consisted of four lectures honoring the Bicentennial of President Abraham Lincoln’s birth. Those lectures were as follows:
Lincoln as Lawyer | May 14, 2009
James Swanson, The Heritage Foundation
Lincoln and the Constitution—His Views of Liberty | April 28, 2009
Professor Lucas Morel, Washington and Lee University
Lincoln and Chief Justice Roger B. Taney | April 21, 2009
Professor James Simon, New York Law School
Lincoln and the Redefinition of American Democracy | March 24, 2009
Professor Robert K. Faulkner, Boston College
C-SPAN did not record these programs
Justices of the Supreme Court of the United States Stamp Dedication Ceremony | September 22, 2009
The United States Postal Service dedicated First Day Issue stamps of Justices of the United States, a pane of four stamps honoring the contributions of Associate Justices Joseph Story, Louis D. Brandeis, Felix Frankfurter and William J. Brennan, Jr. The ceremony took place at the Supreme Court. Chief Justice John G. Roberts, Jr. delivered remarks followed by John E. Potter, Postmaster General, United States Post Office, Thurgood Marshall, Jr., Member, Board of Governors, United States Postal Service and Yverne "Pat" Moore, Postmaster, Washington, D.C.
Steve Petteway, collection of the Supreme Court of the United States
The Hyman S. and Freda Bernstein Jewish Literary Festival | October 26, 2009
The Supreme Court Historical Society co-sponsored The Bernard Wexler Lecture on Jewish History 2009, Louis Brandeis: A Life delivered by Melvin I. Urofsky, Professor of Law & Public Policy and Professor Emeritus of History at Virginia Commonwealth University, and the author of American Zionism from Herzl to the Holocaust.
The 2009 National Heritage Lecture, "The Office of the Solicitor General" | December 8, 2009
The Supreme Court Historical Society, The White House Historical Society, the United States Capitol Historical Society and the Robert H. Jackson Center co-sponsored a unique panel discussion moderated by Kenneth S. Geller, Esq. at the Supreme Court of the United States. To view a video of this program go to http.//www.c-spanvideo.org/program/id/216502
