Legal History

New project rewrites SCOTUS opinions from a feminist perspective

Feb 1, 2015 3:30 AM CST

ABA to hold first midyear meeting in Houston since 1981

Feb 1, 2015 12:50 AM CST

Feb. 20, 1967: Muhammad Ali’s appeal rejected by draft board

Feb 1, 2015 12:20 AM CST

Judge says funeral home couldn’t sell Lee Harvey Oswald casket, awards brother $87K plus coffin

When the body of the man accused of assassinating President John F. Kennedy was exhumed in 1981, it was reburied in another coffin after the identity of the corpse as Lee Harvey Oswald’s was confirmed. Baumgardner Funeral Home kept the original pine coffin, which was purchased by Oswald’s brother in…

Jan 30, 2015 3:45 PM CST

Lawyer seeks reversal of rare voting conviction he shares with suffragist Susan B. Anthony

A New York City lawyer found guilty of illegal voting in 1999 may be the only individual in the state convicted of not registering to vote from his correct address since suffragist Susan B. Anthony openly defied the prohibition against women voting and cast her ballot in Rochester in 1872.…

Jan 16, 2015 10:25 AM CST

Site of Jesus’ trial by Pontius Pilate may have been unearthed in Jerusalem

Archaeologists affiliated with the Tower of David Museum in Jerusalem say they may have uncovered the site where Jesus of Nazareth was tried and sentenced to death by Roman prefect Pontius Pilate nearly 2,000 years ago. Located next to the museum under an abandoned Turkish prison, the site is believed…

Jan 5, 2015 11:15 AM CST

Bryan Garner offers a Magna Carta style guide

The Library of Congress has staged a magnificent exhibit on Magna Carta and its history. It is, after all, the 800th anniversary of the Great Charter of 1215. To commemorate the event, Justice Randy J. Holland of the Delaware Supreme Court has edited a book to accompany the exhibit: Magna…

Jan 1, 2015 5:52 AM CST

One Hundred Years of Law

It goes without saying that the world was a vastly different place in 1915 than it is today. But while the events of that year now carry the echoes of history, they also predicted some of the upheaval of the coming century.

Jan 1, 2015 5:40 AM CST