Tag: Supreme Court

Behind the Scenes: Providing Access to Supreme Court Oral Arguments

by Ashley S Behringer, posted in Audio Recordings

412_DSP_WashingtonDC_018_8x10, https://catalog.archives.gov/id/5997922 Today’s post was written by Dan Rooney, Director of NARA's Special Media Records Division.  The National Archives Catalog Newsletter recently highlighted that the Moving Image and Sound Branch has made the totality of its Supreme Court audio recordings available for research in the National Archives Catalog. The Catalog can now facilitate access to … Continue reading Behind the Scenes: Providing Access to Supreme Court Oral Arguments

Oyez! Oyez! Oyez! Sound Recordings of the Supreme Court of the United States Now Fully Digitized

by chucik, posted in Archives, Audio Recordings, Digitization

The Moving Image and Sound Branch is pleased to announce that the sound recordings of RG 267: Records of the Supreme Court of the United States have been fully digitized and are available for listening and download through the National Archives Catalog. The audio recordings in Record Group 267 are organized into three series,  Sound … Continue reading Oyez! Oyez! Oyez! Sound Recordings of the Supreme Court of the United States Now Fully Digitized

The Supreme Court Building (Local Identifier: 64-M-54)

Toward Justice Supreme: Commemorating the Establishment of the Supreme Court

by Heidi Holmstrom, posted in Films, Motion Pictures, National Park Service

After the ratification of the United States Constitution, newly-elected senators and representatives were faced with the task of creating a functioning government based on a four-page framework. The first session of the First United States Congress, held in 1789 at Federal Hall in New York City, set about erecting many of the institutions of government … Continue reading Toward Justice Supreme: Commemorating the Establishment of the Supreme Court

This Week in Universal News: Supreme Court Justice Thurgood Marshall is Sworn In, 1967

by jkonicek, posted in Motion Pictures, Universal News Collection

On October 2, 1967, Thurgood Marshall was sworn in as a Supreme Court Justice. Marshall had a long history of fighting for civil rights in the legal system, most famously when he argued against school segregation in the Brown v. Board of Education case. Marshall served on the Supreme Court until 1991. He died in … Continue reading This Week in Universal News: Supreme Court Justice Thurgood Marshall is Sworn In, 1967