Justice John Archibald Campbell of Alabama was the sole Supreme Court justice from a seceded state to resign during the Civil War

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The sitting president's political party lost congressional seats in all but three United States midterm elections conducted since the American Civil War

The United States Congress passed bipartisan legislation in 2022 authorizing lawsuits and financial settlements for veterans exposed to contaminated water at Camp Lejeune

The Mitt Romney presidential campaign's electronic voter monitoring and turnout system, known as ORCA, malfunctioned during the 2012 United States presidential election

The United States annexed significant territory from Mexico following the Mexican-American War in the mid-19th century

During the nineteenth century, Supreme Court justices performed circuit riding duties representing specific geographic regions of the United States

The Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 restricts judicial review of certain border barrier waiver decisions exclusively to direct Supreme Court appeals

Elias Caldwell served as clerk of the Supreme Court while editing the Washington Federalist newspaper

The Judiciary Act of 1807 established the Seventh Circuit, encompassing Kentucky, Ohio, and Tennessee

Abraham Lincoln nominated five justices to the Supreme Court as a member of the Union Party

The Supreme Court granted review in a case challenging the constitutionality of a school district's admissions policy prioritizing socioeconomically disadvantaged students

Thomas Todd of Kentucky was appointed as the inaugural Western representative on the Supreme Court pursuant to the Judiciary Act of 1807

The Department of Justice filed an emergency application asking the Supreme Court to stay Judge Kathleen Cardone's preliminary injunction in Big Bend National Park

Supreme Court Justice Joseph Story assisted Senator Daniel Webster in drafting federal legislation

Justices Sotomayor, Gorsuch, Barrett, and Jackson maintained book publishing contracts with imprints owned by BMG Rights Management's parent company, Bertelsmann

Rachel Shelden authored the book The Political Supreme Court: A Forgotten History

Justices Sonia Sotomayor, Neil Gorsuch, Amy Coney Barrett, and Ketanji Brown Jackson recused themselves from the petition in BMG Rights Management v. Vetter

Melissa Murray attended an event at Fordham Law School featuring Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor

John Archibald Campbell served as Assistant Secretary of War for the Confederate States of America

The Supreme Court denied certiorari in BMG Rights Management v. Vetter due to the lack of a quorum

During the American Civil War, Union forces utilized rifled cannon to breach Fort Pulaski in Savannah, Georgia, within 48 hours