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  • Today in Supreme Court History: September 30, 1857

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    9/30/1857: Justice Benjamin Robbins Curtis resigns from the Supreme Court after Dred Scott v. Sandford (1857).

    Justice Benjamin Robbins Curtis

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  • Today in Supreme Court History: September 28, 1787

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    9/28/1787: Confederation Congress adopts Constitution and sends it to the states.

    The Constitution

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  • Today in Supreme Court History: September 21, 1981

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    9/21/1981: Justice Sandra Day O’Connor is confirmed by the Senate, 99-0.

    Justice Sandra Day O’Connor

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  • Today in Supreme Court History: September 14, 1901

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    9/14/1901: President Theodore Roosevelt is inaugurated. He appointed three members to the Supreme Court: Justices Oliver Wendell Holmes, Rufus Day, and William Henry Moody.

    President Roosevelt’s Appointees to the Supreme Court

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  • Today in Supreme Court History: September 6, 1983

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    9/6/1983: The City of Richmond solicited bids for installing plumbing fixtures at the city jail. The J.A. Croson Company’s bid was denied because it did not meet the “set-aside requirement” for minority contractors. The Supreme Court declared this decision unconstitutional in City of Richmond v. J.A. Croson Co. (1989).

    The Rehnquist Court (1989)

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  • Today in Supreme Court History: September 3, 2005

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    9/3/2005: Chief Justice William H. Rehnquist dies.

    Chief Justice William H. Rehnquist

     

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  • Today in Supreme Court History: September 1, 1823

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    9/1/1823: Justice Smith Thompson takes judicial oath.

    Justice Smith Thompson

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  • Today in Supreme Court History: October 12, 1977

    Today in Supreme Court History: October 12, 1977

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