Chief Justice John Marshall, the nation’s fourth, served thirty-four and a half years in that role. Roger B. Taney, who succeeded Marshall, served for twenty-eight and a half years. The two are the first a...

“Your Honor, I’ve made that motion before eight different judges, and you’re the first one to deny it.” As weak as this lawyer’s argument was from a legal standpoint, the implication was clear: You...

Changes in laws and in everyday practices seem to crawl along in our court system, usually brought about by absolute necessity and occurring every decade or so. I discovered changes that I hadn’t known abo...