EVENTS and FEATURES
The 2010 Leon Silverman Lecture Series: The Supreme Court and Separation of Powers
The 2010 Leon Silverman Lecture Series will consist of four lectures about The Supreme Court and Separation of Powers. Member invitations will be mailed in early February 2010 and subscriptions for the entire series will receive priority over individual tickets.
The lectures will take place as follows:
March 23, 2010
Original Intent and A Living Constitution
A Conversation Between Associate Justice Antonin Scalia and Associate Justice Stephen G. Breyer
April 20, 2010
Appointments to the Court
Barbara A. Perry, Carter Glass Professor of Government, Director of the Center for Civic Renewal, Sweet Briar College
April 27, 2010
The Eleventh Amendment
John V. Orth, William Rand Kenan, Jr. Professor of Law, University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill
May 11, 2010
Marbury v. Madison
Larry Kramer, Richard E. Lang Professor Of Law and Dean
2010 Supreme Court Summer Institute for Teachers
Washington, D.C. | June 17-22, 2010 | Registration Open: October 4 to March 10, 2010| Cost: $150.00
The Supreme Court Summer Institute for Teachers convenes in Washington, D.C. for six days of educational activities related to teaching about the U.S. Supreme Court.
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RECENT EVENTS
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:
May 14, 2009
Lincoln as Lawyer
James Swanson, The Heritage Foundation
April 28, 2009
Lincoln and the Constitution—His Views of Liberty
Professor Lucas Morel, Washington and Lee University
April 21, 2009
Lincoln and Chief Justice Roger B. Taney
Professor James Simon, New York Law School
March 24, 2009
Lincoln and the Redefinition of American Democracy
Professor Robert K. Faulkner, Boston College
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 at 11:00 a.m. 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
