Thurgood Marshall Website
Thurgood Marshall: The Bicentennial Speech: Remarks of Thurgood Marshall
Text of Thurgood Marshall's Bicentennial Speech given in 1987, in which Marshall pointed out the inadequacies of the U.S. Constitution in addressing civil rights and liberties.
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Judge Samuel Alito
A profile of U.S. Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito from the BBC. Article is from January, 2006.
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Undated Photo of Judge Samuel Alito
A profile of U.S. Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito from the BBC. Article is from January, 2006.
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Potus: William H. Taft
Comprehensive facts about William H. Taft and his presidency. Includes biography, election results, cabinet members, odd facts, and notable events.
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Commission for Commemorating 350 Years of American Jewish History: Felix Frankfu
A picture of Felix Frankfurter, one of the founders of the American Civil Liberties Union.
Illinois Institute of Technology
Oyez Project: Dennis vs. United States
A brief summary of Dennis v. United States, a First Amendment case decided by the U.S. Supreme Court in 1951 involving limits to the freedom of speech. Includes portraits of the justices on the court of the time and information about how...
Encyclopedia Britannica
Encyclopedia Britannica: Samuel Freeman Miller
This entry from Encyclopedia Britannica features Samuel Freeman Miller, an associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court (1862-90), a leading opponent of efforts to use the Fourteenth Amendment to the Constitution to protect business...
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Samuel A. Alito Jr.
Interesting report about the background of U.S. Supreme Court nominee Samuel Alito. Story, as well as corresponding video, is available. November, 2005.
Thomson Reuters
Find Law: Powers Denied to the States
Resource explains how during the time of the Civil War the Supreme Court used Article I, Section 10, Clause 1 of the U.S. Constitution to show that the Confederation formed by the seceding States had no legal existence. The site also...
Arlington Cemetery
Arlington Cemetery: Hugo Lafayette Black
This site contains a brief biography of Hugo Black.
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Find Law: Article Vi: Oath of Office
Read the words in the U.S. Constitution, Article VI, concerning the oath of office. Link to a Supreme Court case which tested the interpretation of this article, McCullock v. Maryland, to view the decisions of the Justices.
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: John Marshall Harlan
Harlan was a U.S. Supreme Court associate justice and is famous for Plessy v. Ferguson.
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: Charles E. Hughes
(1862-1948 ) Hughes served as the 36th Governor of New York (1907-1910), Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States (1910-1916), United States Secretary of State (1921-1925), a judge on the Court of International Justice...