History of the (U.S.) Federal Judiciary

June 11, 2001 1:14 PM

History of the (U.S.) Federal Judiciary A fascinating resource for those interested in judges, landmark cases, historical photographs of federal buildings, and other things federal.
posted by frykitty (2 comments total)

I only wish they included pics of the judges. Most federal judges have an official portrait. In the lobby where I work is an *enormous* painting of Matthew Deady (I love that name), who served for 33 years at the end of the 19th century. Everyone should get to enjoy that scary bearded guy.
posted by frykitty at 1:16 PM on June 11, 2001

"Their gravely vacant and bewhiskered faces mixed, melted, swam together. Which had the whiskers, which had the burnsides: which was which?" —Thomas Wolfe
posted by redleaf at 12:17 AM on June 12, 2001