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2006–Dissent and Dissenters:


March 9, 2006: Chief Justice William Howard Taft – Manager of Dissents -- Jonathan Lurie, introduced by Justice 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 Roberts

May 18, 2006: The Income Tax Case Dissents -- Calvin H. Johnson, introduced by Associate Justice Samuel Alito



2005–President Thomas Jefferson, Chief Justice John Marshall, 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 the Chief Justice

March 23, 2005: President Jefferson and the Indian Tribes: Native American Sovereignty and the Court -- Stephen G. Bragaw, introduce 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 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 Souter

March 31, 2004: Louis D. Brandeis: Advocate Before and On the Bench -- Melvin Urofsky, introduced by Associate Justice Stephen 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 Associate Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg

October 24, 2002: The Japanese Interment Cases -- John Ferren

October 30, 2002: Private Property v. Public Needs -- Harry Scheiber, introduced by Associate Justice John Paul Stevens

November 13, 2002: Civil Rights and Civil Liberties - Robert Turner, introduced by Associate Justice Anthony M. Kennedy

November 20, 2002: Cold War v. Hot War -- Douglas Kmiec, introduced by Associate Justice Clarence Thomas

December 11, 2002: Military Courts and Military Tribunals -- Michal Belknap, introduced by Associate 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 Associate Justice Stephen G. Breyer


November 13, 2001: John Marshall and the Creation of a National Government -- Michael McConnell, introduced by Associate Justice Anthony M. Kennedy

November 29, 2001: Marshall versus the Presidents: Jefferson and Jackson-Henry Abraham, introduced by Associate Justice John Paul Stevens

December 6, 2001: The Legacy of John Marshall-Charles Hobson, introduced by Associate 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: The Art of Opinion Writing in the Early Republic - R. Kent Newmeyer, introduced by Associate Justice Stephen G. Breyer

November 16, 2000: The Role of the Supreme Court Reporter in History -- Frank Wagner, introduced by Associate Justice Clarence Thomas

November 30, 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 Associate Justice Anthony Kennedy.

December 13, 2000: The Supreme Court Opinion as Literature -- James Boyd White, introduced by Associate 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 Associate 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 Associate Justice Stephen G. Breyer

October 13, 1999: The Clear and Present Danger Test: Panel Discussion - Walter Berns, Phillipa Strum, and Kenneth Tollett-Introduced by Associate Justice Anthony M. Kennedy

November 3, 1999: Free Expression in the Warren and Burger Courts - Lillian BeVier, introduced by Associate 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. RehnquistMay 19, 1998: Post Plessy, Pre Brown - Andrew Kull, introduced by Associate Justice Anthony M. Kennedy

October 7, 1998: Race, the Supreme Court and the Nation - John Hope Franklin Introduction by Associate Justice Stephen G. Breyer

October 21, 1998: A Time to Lose - Paul E. Wilson, introduced by Associate Justice David Souter

November 4, 1998: If... - Jack Greenberg, introduced by Associate Justice John Paul Stevens

November 18, 1998: African-American Rights After Brown - Gerald Rosenberg, introduced by Associate Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg



1997 - Chief Justices of the United States:


April 9, 1997: Chief Justice John Marshall (1801-1835) -- Herbert Johnson, introduced by Associate 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 Associate Justice John Paul Stevens

October 8, 1997: Chief Justice William Howard Taft (1921-1930) Robert Post, introduced by Associate Justice Sandra Day O'Connor

November 5, 1997: Chief Justice Earl Warren (1953-1969) -- Bernard Schwartz, introduced by Associate Justice Stephen Breyer

November 19, 1997: Chief Justice Charles Evans Hughes (1930-1941) - Barry Cushman, introduced by Associate Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg



1996 - The Four Horseman v. New Deal:


April 2, 1996: Dawn of the Conservative Era - Paul Kens, introduced by Associate Justice Stephen G. Breyer

April 9, 1996: The Court in the Progressive Era - Benno C. Schmidt, Jr., introduced by Associate Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg

May 21, 1996: Re-enectment of the Gold Clause Cases - Charles Cooper, Philip Lacovara, Kenneth Tollett, Presided by Associate 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 Associate Justice Anthony M. Kennedy

October 22, 1996: The New Deal Court in the 1940s: Its Constitutional Legacy - David P. Currie, introduced by Associate 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 Rehnquist

February 9, 1995: Property Rights and the Supreme Court in World War II - James W. Ely, Jr., introduced by Associate Justice Byron R. White

March 9, 1995: The Supreme Court and Racial Equality during World War II - Mary Dudziak, introduced by Associate 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 Associate Justice Anthony M. Kennedy

May 10, 1995: Justice Jackson and the Nuremberg Trials - Dennis Hutchinson, introduced by Associate 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 Associate Associate Justice Sandra Day O'Connor

April 6, 1994: Revisiting Chase's Jurisprudence - G. Edward White, introduced by Associate Justice David H. Souter

April 26, 1994: Justice Embattled -- Mark Neeley, introduced by Associate Justice Anthony M. Kennedy

May 11, 1994: The Supreme Court Docket - Harold Hyman-Introduced by Associate 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 Associate Justice Harry A. Blackmun



1993 - Jewish Justices of the Supreme Court:


March 4, 1993: Louis Brandeis - Delivered by Melvin Urofsky, introduced by Associate 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 Associate Justice David H. Souter

May 13, 1993: Abe Fortas - Delivered by Bruce Allen Murphy, introduced by Associate Justice Anthony Kennedy




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