From Eisenhower to Eisenhower
President Dwight D. Eisenhower wrote this letter to his brother on November 8, 1954, describing his views on the Supreme Court.
Marbury v. Madison
This document is an order to show cause in the Marbury v. Madison Supreme Court case in 1803. An order to show cause explains that a defendant is...
Plessy v. Ferguson
Issued on May 18, 1896, this Supreme Court decision upheld a Louisiana state law that allowed for "equal but separate accommodations for the white and colored races"...
Johnson nominates Marshall
This is a letter to the U.S. Senate from President Lyndon Johnson nominating Thurgood Marshall to the Supreme Court. Marshall was a prominent attorney for the...
Keeping his promise
During Ronald Reagan’s 1980 campaign for President, he promised to nominate a woman for the Supreme Court. President Reagan followed through on this pledge on...
Moving on up!
This 1846 map of the Capitol Building contains plans to create a chamber for the Supreme Court. At that time, the Court was meeting in the basement of the Capitol,...
“Not Afraid”
Secretary of War William Howard Taft told President Theodore Roosevelt that his highest ambition was to serve as Chief Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court, but...