Law
Happy Birthday, John Marshall
America’s longest-serving chief justice of the Supreme Court, John Marshall, was born on September 24, 1755, in Germantown, Virginia.
The National Labor Relations Act of 1935
On July 5, 1935, Franklin D. Roosevelt signed the National Labor Relations Act of 1935 into law. The basis of modern US labor law, it guarantees private sector employees the right to organize in trade unions, bargain collectively, and strike.
Birth of Edwin Stanton
Edwin McMasters Stanton was born on December 19, 1814, Steubenville, Ohio.
Happy Birthday Abraham Baldwin
Founding Father Abraham Baldwin was born on November 22, 1754, in Guilford, Connecticut Colony.
Birth of Felix Frankfurter
Associate Supreme Court Justice Felix Frankfurter was born on November 15, 1882, in Vienna, Austria-Hungary.
Birth of Louis Brandeis
Supreme Court Justice Louis Brandeis was born on November 13, 1856, in Louisville, Kentucky.
The American Bar Association Founded
On August 21, 1878, the American Bar Association (ABA) was formed in Saratoga Springs, New York.
Birth of Louis Brandeis
Supreme Court Justice Louis Brandeis was born on November 13, 1856, in Louisville, Kentucky.