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Venesia
Jan 16, 20223 min read
For Your Entertainment
How many movies have portrayed Supreme Court Justices? Photograph: Jack Shearer as Antonin Scalia in Recount (2008). Fifteen! (I think.)...
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Venesia
Nov 21, 20212 min read
Mind your "Please" and Q's
Image: scotusBLOG, https://www.scotusblog.com/2021/07/tenth-justice-or-third-advocate-examining-the-solicitor-generals-frequent-participa...
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Venesia
Nov 15, 20212 min read
Don't Bork it up!
How many SCOTUS nominees were rejected by the senate? 12! John Rutledge - Washington Alexander Wolcott - Madison John Spencer - Tyler...
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Venesia
Oct 10, 20214 min read
Talking chiefly about the Chief.
How many Chief Justices have there been since the inception of the Supreme Court? 17! The chief justice is the highest-ranking officer of...
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Venesia
Oct 3, 20212 min read
Vacation is over! The 2021 session is about to begin.
Did the SCOTUS session always begin on the first Monday of October? (Image Copyright: Collection of the Supreme Court of the United...
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Venesia
Aug 28, 20213 min read
Justices v. the Bar Exam
Who was the first SCOTUS justice to take the modern embodiment of the Bar Exam? None! (At least, I don’t think so.) The very first...
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Venesia
Jul 6, 20211 min read
Happy 4th of July!
Where is the oldest Fourth of July parade in the U.S.? Bristol, RI! The parade started back in 1785 when it was known as the Military,...
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Venesia
Jun 30, 20215 min read
Dear Justice Breyer,
A particularly astute listener may have picked up on the fact that I have a soft spot for Breyer. It is subtle, and I try to stay...
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Bill
Jun 27, 20215 min read
Lange v. California, a "Justice Kehoe" Opinion
While Venesia and Bill are off this week, take a look at what Bill would have decided in Lange v. California, a case we will be...
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Venesia
Jun 20, 20211 min read
SCOTUS Fathers
Happy Father's Day! Justice James Clark McReynolds, Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/resource/hec.26000/ Which male Justice...
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Bill
Jun 7, 20211 min read
Online Censorship
Bill recently spent way too much time analyzing the recent issues surrounding social media censorship of political figures. Remember: his...
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Venesia
Jun 7, 20212 min read
Pride Month victories at the Supreme Court.
June is Pride month. The month commemorates the raid of the Stonewall Inn, a gay club in Greenwich Village, NYC, which took place on June...
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Venesia
May 31, 20212 min read
Educate yourself!
How many justices never went to law school? University of Connecticut School of Law 29. And out of 155 justices, that is a whopping 25%!...
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Venesia
May 24, 20212 min read
So you think the Trump Justices are young?
Who was the youngest justice to serve on the SCOTUS bench? (Image from Wikipedia) Justice Joseph Story. Justice Story was just 32 years...
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Venesia
May 21, 20213 min read
Who is Allen Brown?
Who is Allen Brown? Allen Brown was the ACLU advocate for Clarence Brandenburg in the SCOTUS case, Brandenburg v. Ohio in 1969....
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Venesia
May 21, 20212 min read
Listen Up.
What was the first telephone oral argument before SCOTUS? U.S. Patent and Trademark Office v. Booking.com B.V. (May 4, 2020). SCOTUS made...
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Venesia
May 21, 20211 min read
Juvenile Justice Reform: Jones v. Mississippi
Learn more about the discussion: Jones v. Mississippi SCOTUS opinion: https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/20pdf/18-1259_8njq.pdf Jones...
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