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Marin K Levy

@marinklevy

22 Oct

⚖️ Judicial Fun Fact of the Day ⚖️

Did you know that, according to the Supreme Court, 9 Justices served as law clerks on the Court?

First up, we have Byron White, who clerked for Chief Justice Fred Vinson during the 1946 Term . . .

Next up, we have John Paul Stevens, who clerked for Justice Wiley B. Rutledge during the 1947 Term . . .

In the third spot, we have William H. Rehnquist, who clerked for Justice Robert H. Jackson during the 1952 Term . . .

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Marin K Levy

@marinklevy

19 Oct

Coming to you fast is the final chapter in the story of Judge Florence Allen – including how she became . . .

✴️ The First Woman Appointed to an Article III Court and even shortlisted for the Supreme Court in the 1930s! ✴️

Part II of our epic ⚖️🧵 commences now . . .

So when we last left our heroine, Florence Allen had broken a whole lot of glass ceilings. 🔨

After becoming the 🥇 woman in the country to be elected to a court of general jurisdiction (the court of common pleas) . . .

she became the 🥇 woman elected to a State Supreme Court!

Florence served on the Supreme Court of Ohio for 11 years, earning a reputation for being a stellar jurist.🌟

As one commentator put it, Florence was "entitled to prominence" not because she was the 1st woman but "rather because of her unusually clear and up-to-date thinking.”👩‍⚖️

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Marin K Levy

@marinklevy

18 Oct

Who is in the mood to hear the story of the ⭐️First Woman Article III Judge⭐️?

Cuz I am sure in the mood to tell it!

Tonight we meet Judge Florence Allen – a true pathbreaker! (She served on the Ohio Supreme Court *and* the 6th Circuit!)

Mini ⚖️🧵all about her in 3...2...1...

Let's do the basics first:

Florence Ellinwood Allen was born in 1884.

She graduated at age 20 from what is today Case Western Reserve & then - being a true Renaissance woman - went to Germany 🇩🇪 to study 🎹, almost becoming a professional pianist!

(Florence had skills.)

But, luckily for us, she changed course & turned to law.⚖️

(Not to worry – she kept up her love of 🎵 and even was a music critic for the amazingly-named Cleveland Plain Dealer 📰 for awhile!)

Florence decided to attend law school ... but her alma mater wouldn’t admit women.🙅‍♀️

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Marin K Levy

@marinklevy

17 Sep

Is it time? ⏲️

I have been waiting *all day* to tell you the story of Sarah T. Hughes –

1st woman federal judge in Texas, 3rd in the federal judiciary as a whole, and the only woman to have sworn in a U.S. President (as you might recall). 👇

Let the thread commence...

(⚖️🧵)

@gwlaw

Sarah Tilghman was born in 1896 in Baltimore. ☀️

After college, she spent 2 years teaching science - in her words, "about the only thing a girl could do at that time was to teach school."

She then enrolled at @gwlaw and attended at night, commuting by . . . canoe (!). 🛶

(2/x)

By canoe?! (you might ask). By canoe! (I say).

You see, Sarah lived on the other side of the Pataomac in a tent. ⛺️ And so naturally, she commuted by canoe.

And if all that wasn't cool enough, during this period she served as a member of the DC police force during the day. 👮‍♀️

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Marin K Levy

@marinklevy

15 Sep

As you know, the Supreme Court Justices have had their current building only since 1935.

This leads to a gripping question: Where were those guys for the first 146 years!? 🤔

What do you say we take a little road trip together to find out? 🚗 I’ll drive . . .

(⚖️🧵)

First stop – New York City! 🍎

The Supreme Court was born in 1789 (thanks to the Judiciary Act of that year) and lived, ever so briefly, in the Royal Exchange Building right here. 👇

(It wasn't the fanciest of beginnings - the Royal Exchange was a covered marketplace . . . )

Bonus Fun Fact: Before the Court convened, the federal court for the District of New York sat in the building on Nov. 3, 1789 – making it the 1st federal court to sit under the new Constitution!🥇

Their first business? Admitting lawyers to the bar, including Aaron Burr (Sir).⭐️

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Marin K Levy

@marinklevy

22 Jun

I think everyone knows that Bob Katzmann was an extraordinary judge (👨‍⚖️) and a true mensch (♥️).

But do you know that he also made huge contributions to judicial administration? Ready to hear all about it? Well, have I got a court thread for you . . . (⚖️🧵) (1/x)

Let’s begin with a relationship problem – and the 2 players in this part of the story are Congress and the Courts (💕). Their problem, as with most couples, had to do with communication.

(Though unlike with most couples, theirs was all about judges interpreting statutes.) (2/x)

Specifically, as Judge Henry Friendly (❤️) once wrote about the “problems posed by defective draftsmanship”

(way to point the finger, Henry👉)

we see “the occasional statute in which the legislature has succeeded in literally saying something it probably did not mean.” (3/x)

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