The first Monday in June is when the Society holds its Annual Meeting. The day begins at 2 pm with a lecture in the Courtroom. This year is postponed due to the Covid-19 health crisis.

Instead, please revisit past lectures.

Justice Blackmun in 1996:

c-span.org/video/?72684-1… Justice Thomas in 1997 on the Plessy decision:

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#OTD May 26, 2009, Sonia Sotomayor was nominated by President Obama to the Supreme Court to succeed Justice David Souter.

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supremecourthistory.org/history-of-the… Justice Sotomayor has written several books for readers of all ages since joining the Court. Copies, in English and Spanish, can be found at the Historical Society’s gift shop. They make excellent gifts for Grads.

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#OTD May 18, 1896, the Supreme Court ruled in Plessy v. Ferguson, establishing the constitutionality of separate-but-equal public facilities.

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Learn about the Plessy case in depth:

supremecourtgifts.org/products/112581 Justice Clarence Thomas delivered the Society’s Annual Lecture in 1997 on Plessy v. Ferguson case.

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#OTD May 17, 1954, the Supreme Court decided Brown v. Board of Education.

Learn more about the case at:
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A project sponsored by the Historical Society and @StreetLawInc.

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#BrownvBoard Thurgood Marshall argued Brown before the Supreme Court. His career as a civil rights lawyer for the NAACP Legal Defense Fund is explored in Making Civil Rights Law by Mark Tushnet.

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#OTD May 8, 1884, President Harry S. Truman was born in Lamar, Missouri.

Truman appointed 4 justices to the Supreme Court during his presidency.

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#HBD President Truman’s first appointment to the Court was Justice Harold Burton.

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