The History of the Supreme Court

For more than two centuries, the Supreme Court has exerted extraordinary influence over the way we Americans live our lives. The Court defines the limits of our speech and actions. Adding to our history booksnames such as John Marshall, Louis Brandeis, Hugo Black, Earl Warren, Thurgood Marshall, Warren Burger, William Rehnquist, and many others. Have you wondered how even a single change in the body of the Court can alter dramatically not only the Court's ideological balance but its cooperative chemistry, as well? Or what it sounded like in the Court as some of the most important cases in our history were argued? These and more are here to be examined.