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Federal Judicial History

The Center conducts research and produces resources on the history of the judicial branch of the federal government.  These resources include compilations of historical data on the courts, information about judges and judicial administration, as well as publications on federal judicial history. The Center also maintains a biographical directory of Article III judges from 1789 to the present, engages in outreach and education on federal judicial history, and works to promote the preservation of the history of the judicial branch.

Timelines of Federal Judicial History

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  • #SCOTUS heard arguments in I.N.S. v. Doherty #OTD in 1991; case resulted in deportation of Joe Doherty, a member of the Irish Republican Army convicted of murdering a British soldier who escaped from prison, fled to the U.S., and requested political asylum https://t.co/7DYKVIXiEl
    10 hours 1 min ago
  • The Judicial Conduct and Disability Act became law #OTD in 1980; provided alternative procedures and remedies for allegations of judicial misconduct https://t.co/cLFKPDsVMi https://t.co/MwwIB2lB8Z
    1 day 10 hours ago
  • Shuttlesworth v. City of Birmingham (one of several cases with this caption), in which #SCOTUS overturned Rev. Fred Shuttlesworth's conviction for violating a city ordinance by standing on a sidewalk during a department store boycott, was argued #OTD in 1965 https://t.co/VfYRKnv1cv
    5 days 10 hours ago
  • Vice President Spiro Agnew pleaded no contest to federal tax evasion charges before Judge Walter Hoffman of the U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland #OTD in 1973 and resigned the same day https://t.co/8s3oe0sI4T
    6 days 9 hours ago
  • #SCOTUS Justice Robert H. Jackson, also chief U.S. prosecutor at Nuremberg Trials, died #OTD in 1954 https://t.co/Du1zsb5iEN https://t.co/1OOoBAZxeI
    1 week 4 hours ago

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