A Conversation with Robert Post on the Taft Court

Run time: 58 minutes

Robert Post explores the history of the Taft Court and the contrasting constitutional approaches among its justices, including Louis Brandeis and Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr., among others. Listen now

Loyalists vs. Patriots and the American Revolution

Run time: 1 hour

Joyce Lee Malcolm and Eli Merritt explore the origins and clashing ideologies during the American Revolution. Watch now

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Sandra Day O’Connor’s Role in Landmark Supreme Court Cases

by Scott Bomboy | Read time: 5 minutes

“The late Justice Sandra Day O’Connor played a key role in some of the Supreme Court’s major decisions during her nearly 25 years on the bench. ...” Read more

The Mysterious Death of George Washington

by NCC Staff | Read time: 3 minutes

“On December 14, 1799, George Washington died at his home after a brief illness and after losing about 40 percent of his blood. So what killed the 67-year-old former President? ...” Read more

America’s Relic: The Story of the Lincoln Catafalque

“On Dec. 19, 2023, the late Justice Sandra Day O’Connor will lie in repose at the Supreme Court upon the Lincoln catafalque. The simple wooden flatform is steeped in tradition and only Congress can confer such an honor on public officials and private figures. ...” Read more

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.”

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