VenesiaJan 23, 20222 min readBuilt to LastWhen was the Supreme Court courthouse built? https://www.heraldstandard.com/elections_ap/supreme-court-allows-jan-6-committee-to-get-trum...
VenesiaJan 16, 20223 min readFor Your EntertainmentHow many movies have portrayed Supreme Court Justices? Photograph: Jack Shearer as Antonin Scalia in Recount (2008). Fifteen! (I think.)...
VenesiaNov 21, 20212 min readMind your "Please" and Q'sImage: scotusBLOG, https://www.scotusblog.com/2021/07/tenth-justice-or-third-advocate-examining-the-solicitor-generals-frequent-participa...
VenesiaNov 15, 20212 min readDon't Bork it up!How many SCOTUS nominees were rejected by the senate? 12! John Rutledge - Washington Alexander Wolcott - Madison John Spencer - Tyler...
VenesiaOct 10, 20214 min readTalking 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...
VenesiaOct 3, 20212 min readVacation 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...
VenesiaAug 28, 20213 min readJustices v. the Bar ExamWho 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...
VenesiaJul 6, 20211 min readHappy 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,...
VenesiaJun 30, 20215 min readDear 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...
BillJun 27, 20215 min readLange v. California, a "Justice Kehoe" OpinionWhile 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...
VenesiaJun 20, 20211 min readSCOTUS FathersHappy Father's Day! Justice James Clark McReynolds, Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/resource/hec.26000/ Which male Justice...
BillJun 7, 20211 min readOnline CensorshipBill recently spent way too much time analyzing the recent issues surrounding social media censorship of political figures. Remember: his...
VenesiaJun 7, 20212 min readPride 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...
VenesiaMay 31, 20212 min readEducate 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%!...
VenesiaMay 24, 20212 min readSo 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...
VenesiaMay 21, 20213 min readWho 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....
VenesiaMay 21, 20212 min readListen 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...
VenesiaMay 21, 20211 min readJuvenile Justice Reform: Jones v. MississippiLearn more about the discussion: Jones v. Mississippi SCOTUS opinion: https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/20pdf/18-1259_8njq.pdf Jones...