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About the Court | Court History - Texas Judicial Branch

The list below provides links to justices, clerks of court, and other historical information about the Court.

History of the Supreme Court

Explore the history and growth of the Court from 1849 to today. The Court is Established as Part of the California Constitution.

Supreme Court History

The Supreme Court of Florida is the highest court in the U.S. state of Florida. It consists of seven justices–one of whom serves as Chief ...

History of the courts - Wisconsin Court System

History of the courts ... The basic powers and framework of the court system in Wisconsin were established by Article VII of the Wisconsin ...

Supreme Court History | PBS News

The road to defining the modern Supreme Court as the pinnacle of the American justice system has been a hard-fought and controversial journey.

A Short History of the Court of Chancery - Delaware Courts

From its role in issuing official documents, such as royal writs initiating common law proceedings, the Chapel evolved into a Court of Chancery which provided ...

History & the Constitution | Brennan Center for Justice

The Brennan Center is collaborating with historians to change the national legal conversation on history and the Constitution.

About CT Courts - History - Connecticut Judicial Branch

Common Pleas and Juvenile Court judges became judges of the Superior Court. The Superior Court thus became the sole trial court of general jurisdiction in the ...

History | Learn - Unified Judicial System of Pennsylvania

The Pennsylvania judicial system originated as a disparate collection of local, part-time courts inherited from the reign of the Duke of York and established ...

History of Federal Courts, A

The judges of the district courts were required to meet once as an appellate court, but this was never implemented. 1963]. 2. Missouri Law Review, Vol. 28, Iss.

History and Milestones | Tennessee Administrative Office of the Courts

From precedent-setting cases to major milestones, the judicial branch has evolved over the past 225-plus years just as the State of Tennessee as a whole has ...

History of the United States Supreme Court

Judicial Review. Today, we think of the Supreme Court as the final authority on whether a law complies with the Constitution. But it was actually an 1803 ...

9.4 Video Reflection: History of the Supreme Court

In this activity, you will learn about the history of the Supreme Court. Watch the video and complete the assignment to help organize the information about ...

History of the U.S. Supreme Court - Oxford Research Encyclopedias

The impetus for the U.S. Supreme Court came from the desire for a more powerful central government and the need for a judicial tribunal that ...

Court Information & History - Supreme Court - New Mexico Courts

The Supreme Court consists of five Justices, who serve eight-year terms. The extensive responsibilities of the Justices reflect their collective role as the ...

Supreme Court Demographic Firsts - Brennan Center for Justice

Signed by George Washington, the act established a six-member Supreme Court — comprised of one chief justice and five associate justices — as ...

Supreme Court of the United States | History, Rules, Opinions, & Facts

Supreme Court of the United States, final court of appeal and final expositor of the Constitution of the United States. Within the framework of litigation, ...

Minnesota Supreme Court History / Minnesota State Law Library

Prior to statehood, Minnesota had a Territorial Supreme Court, which was established by the Organic Act of 1849. The justices of the Territorial Supreme Court, ...

History of the Supreme Court of Ohio

Meet the current justices and previous justices, read about the Supreme Court of Ohio jurisdiction and authority, view a diagram of the Ohio judicial system, ...