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TIL the Amistad case, wherein the Supreme Court granted the return of slaves to Africa, is credited with being the first civil rights case in the U.S. John Quincy Adams, who argued the case, was 72 yrs old, almost blind, a Congressman, and had not argued a case as a lawyer in more than 30 years.

by whatilearned September 6, 2022, 11:17 pm

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Lawyer of Supreme Court

by cringeyjokesman September 4, 2022, 10:53 am

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TIL that the civil rights act was not the first one in the U.S., but rather the second one, as the first was overturned by the supreme court in 1883.

by whatilearned August 31, 2022, 6:50 pm

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TIL of “The Baja” – a 580-acre section of Delaware that borders New Jersey. Despite being on the eastern side of the Delaware River, New Jersey has lost three Supreme Court cases trying to acquire it from Delaware.

by whatilearned August 18, 2022, 8:27 pm

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[Serious]What videos exist of Trump openly contradicting or insulting his base? So far I have “I love the poorly uneducated” and “Take the firearms first, and then go to court”?

by QuestionGuy August 13, 2022, 9:17 pm

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TIL death clerk is the informal title for the US Supreme Court employee who tracks pending executions across the US to coordinate with justices on legal actions, even outside of work hours

by whatilearned August 10, 2022, 4:26 pm

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TIL in 2012 a former Wall Street trader committed suicide by cyanide pill in court after being convicted of arson for setting his house on fire for insurance.

by whatilearned August 2, 2022, 1:26 pm

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TIL that as Associate Justice of the Supreme Court, Abe Fortas, attended White House staff meetings & discussed private Supreme Court deliberations with President Johnson

by whatilearned August 1, 2022, 6:54 pm

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TIL Lee Harvey Oswald was court martialed while in the Marines for accidentally shooting himself in the elbow with an unauthorized handgun

by whatilearned July 28, 2022, 3:04 pm

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TIL the infamous shock video “2 Girls 1 Cup” was originally sold as a DVD titled “Hungry B*tches”. The “vomit” in the movie was just food the actors had chewed and spit-out without swallowing, and film’s director has stated in court that the supposed excrement they consume was just ice cream.

by whatilearned July 28, 2022, 6:28 am

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TIL that the last legal duel-to-the-death in the USA was fought in 1859, and it resulted in the death of A U.S. senator at the hands of a Supreme Court (of California) justice.

by whatilearned July 24, 2022, 9:40 pm

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TIL that in 1995 when a lawsuit was brought against Shell Oil for the execution of Ken Saro-Wiwa and 8 men in Nigeria, Shell settled out of court for $15.5 million.

by whatilearned July 15, 2022, 12:38 am

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