The U.S. Supreme Court and Ethics Reform

Run time: 48 minutes

Law professors Daniel Hemel and Daniel Epps join host Jeffrey Rosen to discuss various proposals to reform ethics rules surrounding the Supreme Court; how and whether these proposals could go into effect; and what the enforcement mechanisms could be. Listen now

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September 6, 1901: McKinley Is Shot While Roosevelt Is Traveling

by NCC Staff | Read time: 3 minutes

“On September 6, 1901, the popular President William McKinley was shot at the Pan-American Exposition in Buffalo, while his vice president, Theodore Roosevelt, was in Vermont at a speaking engagement. ...” Read more

September 5, 1774: The First Continental Congress Meets in Philadelphia

by NCC Staff | Read time: 3 minutes

“On September 5, 1774, the first Continental Congress in the United States met in Philadelphia to consider its reaction to the British government’s restraints on trade and representative government after the Boston Tea Party. ...” Read more

Artifact Highlight: The New York Times’ Publication of the ‘Pentagon Papers’

This 1971 issue of The New York Times includes a leaked, top-secret study on the Vietnam War. Its publication was central to the landmark Supreme Court case, New York Times Co. v. United States. View this artifact and others at the Center’s new First Amendment gallery.

Credit: Loan, Freedom Forum’s Newseum Collection

Article III

“The judicial Power of the United States, shall be vested in one supreme Court, and in such inferior Courts as the Congress may from time to time ordain and establish. The Judges, both of the supreme and inferior Courts, shall hold their Offices during good Behaviour, and shall, at stated Times, receive for their Services, a Compensation, which shall not be diminished during their Continuance in Office.”

Read interpretations in the Interactive Constitution

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