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 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 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
