Show ai N to U Ns A i photo harris swing dp cpr r m booted new building for the united notice court lawer T the bo supreme con cool of 0 file h I 1 drifted rifted stores standing left to 0 o rights right justice terry Ail george farrr PS rece and ami flohe stone bated left to rights Jun ticen lark oliver Vl endell si olmes chief J jakter s t I 1 aam heuard taft justice willan ian ai an dainter Dv Devot inter tifer and louis brandeis T LAST were going to pro loe lile a permanent home for our highest judicial body court of tile the united states it came to washington in 1801 and sine elnie that little lime has been housed within the lie walls 0 1 the nat national lonal capitol capital its I 1 f present home boine despite the liis bonds of at an intensely bi jast ast liis hatt been outgrown crown grown throughput throughout america the small towo town court courthouse houte la IR Izene generally ene rally the show place tit of the flip community hut but in asi allington the hie lias bus a difficult little in locating the nations s four trouin and when it I 1 Is found it proves not only unattractive hut hilt also in ill ilide quate for tile the pl pose it must ten e this situation wll will tie ne changed if I 1 the neit congress con cress apps it bt to pr profile oNIle sit appropriation for a new temple of justice of which tile fie nation CUD can be proud the proposed pro loosed site kite lies just across tile pitt eat tt et tile capital capi lol easily isible trw tiri erine vering trees froin tile the halls halll of if con greAn tills this site at present lip 1 oc cupi d by in an apartment bul lillne find he old capitol structure wow headquarters of the lie N national wont woin fi Is s party I 1 tin on this flits historic spot it Is proposed in erect a building aich will ill be tide atle builte for the arid and in with tile dignity of tile hie united strips Fu 1 lorenie cit lart the late henry ila hi coin had drawn lite hie plans for the ibe new before his big death early in it 1921 if I 1 bacans bacons Ita cons la Is the lilt cc in after finishing it lie df there mils lit only one more I 1 work mark lie would mould like to do A building for fir llie lie supreme court of the tie united states t tates in addition to the courtroom tle lif new building will provide ample frace for flip private offices of till jut jus tires lives tot for file die ot bi adequate library space had more inore suitable a accommodation I 1 ion fur for tile the reception of bounel coain fl ito hn rome conie to this high tribunal where Is the apri nip court bivia douei pd now norai along tile ilie caal tol corridor from froin te me house or of depre al one erht deities to lo at a pits pils gunt dod by two iwo hutta hunts ono one ff f a imea it II mann man anil and hie he other of nt cliame fiscal clark former apt aker of the lit lieme me A few feet further farther Is III v lill ball filled with its lt statu statues of allied americans who hale been deputed deemed worthy of t mh honor next Is the ro lundi under whose dome you find fiad kilides uiles flip 1 he of the flat large losin tings alag the lite bul hu alkin of anti the surrender of HI at I 1 yorktown orl ork HWD town on through I 1 lite lip rot rotunda title passes aie ai e axt a a circle of 4 ju just beyond la Is an almost unnoticed doorway over it Is ill shield of the united states inside this doorway Is the courtroom of the united states supreme court it Is much like tiny any other courtroom beligni Bel ilni the lie long bench in I 1 lite I 1 lie fore part of the room sit the justices in comfortable leather chairs with mith tile the chief justice in the middle in front of tile the bench are places for counsel toward tile the rear Is a semicircle of seats tor for visitors the room s capacity Is scarcely persons facing tile lie courtroom on the opposite side of tile the corridor are two rooms occupied by the clerk of tile the court and his olds here are found tile the names of those admitted to practice before this thi tribunal next to these rooms on the file north Is the room lined with portraits incur including in several of john boht here flere the justices go to don chin their robes before filing into tile the courtroom in the order of their appointment behind the thief chief jubilee below in n tile the basement Is ie a conference room where there the gather bather to casen capa because nf lit luck lack of other oilier space pace some 1601 ak 01 ol are crowded into this raoui across the hall Is the library of the cou court rt the present are anre utterly inadequate there Is not even room for each justice to have a private office justice sutherland and justice lu alce sanford ha have ve a room at ilie capital and justice stone hns hits one in the lie senate office bulling hill but file other toem members berit of hie flip court alain tain their of licci at their private rest denees the supreme court lr flit t met in new york city in I 1 0 no hul tig acis appeared and nothing clr a lime ollier anin than bor tie the of a few coins pr after two iwo lernis in new york tork city the enina been iran emif an faired red to philadelphia flip court ulfo met there WI vl en grepo prepo ro f locq vi opre ere ile lifang ng f for fir or a federal elty alt v elili rale pro were mere on for hip flip exeen e cu tie and legislative bral lille hut hilt all pare tilly till 1111 tin one lemead ervil lite su preme court finally r ln illy lite I 1 lie sell 9 letter to 10 von con pres calling aften afxentiou tiou to lo I 1 lie hip oi oer of sight that it IT in I 1 lit ile ripi lol WIK was then aland all gued nd lit if chinin toy by if a statement foaud lit in llie file annals Ani ml of coti cress fit if january 21 irl sandwiched betwee ll items relating to me erection erpf tion if f it maus in I 1 nenese wo ain annl I a discussion discus Won of a tariff on if liquor it tile the court moved bout to ouk quarley pix in the for most tot t lite tints prior to I 1 IVA bet it a room in IV 50 robert milk a architect fluid aid the death of some of our most to talented jurists has been attributed to this location of 0 the courtroom and it would be but common justice in congress congre qa to better accommodations dit lons for its sittings finally in 1859 it was proposed that tile hie old senate chamber be used tor for tile the court together with several adjoining office rooms the suggestion was vins severely criticized one seua sena lor for remarking now I 1 would like to tn know what use there con can be for fourteen rooms boonis for the supreme court the proposal carried however ahe I 1 he old chamber bomber now the courtroom Is ln indeed led historic there on may 12 1848 the senate enate passed an act providing for tile the prosecution of 0 the war between the united states and the republic of mexico there on march 7 1 1850 webster rose and began mr president I 1 wish to speak today nut not as a massachusetts man nor as a northern man but as an american I 1 speak toddy today for the preservation of the union otte one of the most draina dramatic tic scenes in the chamber occurred when R tire brooks of south carolina approached charles sumner of mas as the latter wits was heated at his hl desk after afier the days pro ce edings referring to un an address tie p inhered by sumner on lavery bavery brooks brook said you have libeled labeled my state and I 1 feel it to be toy my duty to punish you for it lit he then struck sumner repe itell with a heavy heary cone cane one who test red at the llie resulting inquiry rp re luar marked ked the same licks on in an erdl rd nury nary sull skill would have sma smashed hed through sumner apparently bad no ordinary nicoll find and he t it take a prominent part in the bittel bottles battles of llon the visitor to the courtroom today notice nine huta bunts of the formet chief justices ranged about the wall hiir tot nt john murhall marshall of cot whom it li Is suld salo that MR brilliance was cull exceeded by bv lilt lit informality tha lip lie frien tok nok hitt hl plate on the llie himli niah imort tr te ills his clother clothe thil lie lubolt 4 suit and went to market willi will a basket on in one firm in except adequate sd equate sur sill the supreme court tins has been gillitt ged the number dumber of ju aces bac risen rl n from six I 1 to nine tile from froin W for tho the achl clil t ju lii e P and for the file asso lae claie jubile to 10 1500 and 14 AO resper the lumber of cases has hall ale v 11 in the he early days the chirt frequently adjourned adlour ned for luck lack of if und find for miny funny years there wits a iery limited number tot cater ml at the beginning of the oc tolar 1925 19 n terni form billere were 1309 cases on oil I 1 ll 11 lit docket |