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President George Washington’s nomination in 1796 of Oliver Ellsworth to serve as the third chief justice of the U.S. Supreme Court was met with universal approval. Ellsworth boasted a record

I had the great privilege and pleasure, twice, to interview Justice Sandra Day O’Connor on stage at a conference on women and leadership that I organized and hosted.

Chamber has a role to play

William O. Douglas, the longest-serving Supreme Court justice in American history (1939-75), whose outsized life on and off the bench required two autobiographical volumes, inspired devoted followers and passionate detractors,

Gratitude is the antidote

William O. Douglas, the longest serving Supreme Court Justice in American history (1939-1975), whose outsized life on and off the bench required two autobiographical volumes, inspired devoted followers and passionate

By the time President Woodrow Wilson nominated him for a seat on the U.S. Supreme Court in 1916, Louis Brandeis, the nation’s first Jewish Justice, had forged a reputation as

District innovates to bridge gap

The emergence of Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes as a dominant influence in the work of the Supreme Court began in 1905, just three years after his appointment to the High

Balancing fiscal and civic responsibility