Month: December 2015
Three Books about the Roberts Court
[table id=7 /] The U.S. Supreme Court recently entered its eleventh term with Chief Justice John Roberts at the helm at the Court’s seventeenth Chief Justice. During Robert’s tenure, the Court has been at the center of important and often controversial legal battles, from same sex marriage to the Affordable Care Act to the […]
December 28, 2015
U.S. Celebrates Two Wins at Coin of the Year Awards
For the first time in ten years the United States won top honors with the Baseball Hall of Fame clad half dollar coin as the Krause Coin of the Year for coins dated 2014. The United States won two awards at the first round of the 2016 Coin of the Year Awards, which were held […]
December 21, 2015
Court Artist Arthur Lien Provides Window into U.S. Supreme Court
Cameras aren’t allowed in the U.S. Supreme Court, which makes the work of court sketch artist Arthur Lien all the more valuable. His renderings of the justices, the lawyers, and the parties are often the only visual depictions of the high-profile proceedings that the American public gets to see. For instance, without Lien’s artwork, most […]
December 14, 2015
Supreme Court Chief Justice John Marshall: Two Great Reads
John Marshall: The Chief Justice Who Saved the Nation, by Harlow Giles Unger; DaCapo Press (2014) John Marshall: Definer of a Nation, By Jean Edward Smith; Henry Holt & Co (1996) John Marshall, who served as Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States from 1801 to 1835, is credited with elevating the […]
December 7, 2015