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A new interactive civics map is helping the public more easily find court educational resources and civics program information nationwide. uscourts.gov/data-news/judi…

Very excited to announce that the @SCHSociety has now put up on their website the "Breaking History" video in which I'm interviewed about one of my recently published NAACP v. Alabama #freespeech articles. supremecourthistory.org/journal-of-sup…

#OTD February 28, 1966, the Supreme Court heard oral argument in Miranda v. Arizona, a landmark 5th Amendment case. #scotushistory Learn more about the case and find teaching materials here at the Society and @StreetLawInc Landmark Cases website. landmarkcases.org/cases/miranda-…

#OTD February 27, 1845, Samuel Nelson took the Judicial Oath and assumed his seat as an Associate Justice. #scotushistory supremecourthistory.org/associate-just…

It's another installment of the professional development program for teachers in Sacramento! Join us next in April. ambar.org/i0bgobbw

#OTD February 26, 1869, Congress passed the 15th Amendment to the Constitution and sent it to the states for ratification. #Constitution #15thAmendment Get a pocket Constitution: supremecourtgifts.org/products/111977

#OTD February 25, 1957, Associate Justice Stanley Reed retired. #scotushistory supremecourthistory.org/associate-just…

#OTD February 25, 1841, Philip Barbour died. Appointed to the Supreme Court by President Andrew Jackson in 1836, Associate Justice Barbour served until his death. #scotushistory supremecourthistory.org/associate-just…

#OTD February 25, 2022, President Joe Biden nominated Ketanji Brown Jackson to the Supreme Court to succeed Justice Stephen Breyer. #scotushistory supremecourthistory.org/supreme-court-…

#OTD in 1969, #SCOTUS decided Tinker v. Des Moines. This landmark #freespeech ruling is discussed, in various places, in Judging Free Speech, the 2015 book that I co-edited with @shippensburgU Professor Steven B. Lichtman.

#OTD February 24, 1803, the Supreme Court decided Marbury v. Madison. #scotushistory Learn more about this important case in American history at the Society and @StreetLawInc’s landmark cases website: landmarkcases.org/cases/marbury-…

#OTD February 24, 1930, Charles Evans Hughes took the Judicial Oath and assumed his seat as Chief Justice of the United States. This was his second tenure on the Supreme Court. He served as an Associate Justice from 1910-1916. #scotushistory supremecourthistory.org/chief-justices…

#OTD February 24, 1969, the Supreme Court ruled in Tinker v. Des Moines. #scotushistory Materials for teaching about Tinker can be found here at the Society and @StreetLawInc’s Landmark Cases website: landmarkcases.org/cases/tinker-v…

#OTD February 20, 1933, the United States Congress sent the 21st Amendment to the Constitution, to repeal the 18th Amendment, to the states for ratification. #repeal #Constitution Get your own copy of the Constitution: supremecourtgifts.org/products/111977

#OTD February 19, 1923, Edward Terry Sanford took the Judicial Oath and assumed his seat as an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court. #scotushistory supremecourthistory.org/associate-just…

DC AREA TEACHERS: Join @AnnenbergCivics, @StreetLawInc, and @amhistorymuseum for a workshop exploring the relationship of the Civil Rights movement to New York Times v. Sullivan, a landmark freedom of the press SCOTUS case. Register: hubs.la/Q03708Hg0 #CivicLearningWeek

#OTD February 18, 1988, Anthony Kennedy took the Judicial Oath and assumed his seat as an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court. #scotushistory supremecourthistory.org/associate-just…