Overview :Through much of the 1990s, a newly hatched snake wreaked political havoc in the South. When North Carolina gained a seat in Congress followi... Read More
Overview :At the end of the 2000 presidential election, the nation saw firsthand the power of the Rehnquist Court when, for the first time in U.S. his... Read More
Overview :In the decades that followed Reconstruction, the Supreme Court struck down civil rights legislation, validated Jim Crow laws, and stopped th... Read More
Overview :An eighth-generation Charlestonian with a prestigious address, impeccable social credentials, and years of intimate association with segrega... Read More
Overview :When David Souter was nominated by President Bush to the Supreme Court, he cited John Marshall Harlan as his model. It was an interesting ch... Read More
Overview :When the first President Bush chose David Hackett Souter for the Supreme Court in 1990, the slender New Englander with the shy demeanor and ... Read More