The Supreme Court’s Lone Jury Trial

The Supreme Court talks a lot about juries, but it very rarely will empanel one. In fact, there’s only one reported instance of it happening. What is the only known instance of a Supreme Court jury trial? Hint: This unusual procedure arose under the Court’s original...

Bird Watching: Hawks vs. Hawkeyes

In a display that could only be described as cartoonish, Senator Eric Schmitt thought he had Jack Smith dead to rights, before he tripped over himself and fell into a heap of mousetraps. After the special prosecutor denied attending an Atlanta Hawks game, Schmitt...