(above) Page from an October 1956 issue of The Richmond Afro-American. From the Lewis F. Powell, Jr. Papers; a scrapbook chronicling the 1956 Virginia Democrats for Eisenhower effort. (See the February 7 news item below.)
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February 7, 2012Black History Month and Mock ConventionFebruary, of course, is Black History Month. This coming weekend is the Washington and Lee University's Mock Convention, a venerable institution more than a century old. This image of Adlai Stevenson from an October 1956 issue of The Richmond Afro-American has echos of both. At the 1956 Mock Convention, Alben Barkley both finished his speech and expired in one final breath. That convention, like the real one, nominated Adlai Stevenson. First published in 1941 The Richmond Afro-American was a direct descendant of The Richmond Planet which was started in 1882. Though Afro-American ceased publication in 1996, black newspapers are are very much alive in Richmond and throughout the United States. ----------------------------------------------------- February 3, 2012Before Citizens United ...... there was First National Bank of Boston v. Bellotti. See Justice Powell's complete case file under October Term 1977 at the Supreme Court Case files in electronic format page. ----------------------------------------------------- February 2, 2012McCleskey and the Tucker LectureJustice Powell's opinion in McCleskey v. Kemp played a prominent role in Bryan Stevenson's riveting Tucker Lecture this past Monday. See the entire McCleskey case file, including 14 draft opinions, by going to the "Supreme Court Case files in electronic format" page, and scrolling down to October Term 1986. ----------------------------------------------------- February 1, 2012Remembering the TitanicReading stories about the Titanic in this the 100th anniversary of its sinkingin, brought to mind the 2000 case R.M.S. Titanic, Inc. v. The Wrecked and Abandoned Vessel ... . Judge J. Calvitt Clarke presided at the trial. His Titanic case file is in his papers. ----------------------------------------------------- January 26, 2012Judicial Humor: The Snail Darter and the "The Man for All Seasons"Soon after the TVA v. Hill decision was announced, Chief Justice Burger sent this to the opinion's author, Justice Powell.
-----------------------------------------------------January 24, 2012Justices Attendance at State of the Union AddressesVisiting law professor Todd Peppers is co-author of a study about the Supreme Court and State of the Union addresses. This work was referenced in an Adam Liptak piece in yesterday's New York Times. Here is a 1981 letter reflecting Justice Powell's thoughts on the event.-----------------------------------------------------January 23, 2012Aerial Reconnaissance PhotographyThe role of World War II aerial reconnaissance photography was the subject of a recent installment of PBS's Nova. Colonel Lewis F. Powell must have used some of these photos in his work with the intelligence section of the U.S. Strategic Air Forces in Europe. This was a reminder, too, of the trove of captured German aerial reconnaissance photos from World War I in the John H. Tucker papers . An example can be seen here. For more on this see Terrance Finnegan's Shooting the Front: Allied Aerial Reconnaissance in the First World War. -----------------------------------------------------January 12, 2012Article About Supreme Court Confirmation HearingsAs we are taking note of Justice Powell's Senate confirmation forty years ago, the Law and Society Review article, '“No Hints, No Forecasts, No Previews”: An Empirical Analysis of Supreme Court Nominee Candor from Harlan to Kagan' is timely. ----------------------------------------------------January 7, 2012Powell Sworn In as Ninety Ninth JusticeOn this day in 1972, Lewis F. Powell, Jr. was sworn in as an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court. ----------------------------------------------------January 5, 2012 Bakke Case File Finished!This entire case file is now available online. ----------------------------------------------------January 3, 2012Powell Takes Oath of OfficeOn January 3, 1972, Lewis F. Powell, Jr. took the constitutional oath of office. He became a federal employee with a salary of $60,000 per year. ----------------------------------------------------Earlier Powell Archives News |
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