A look back at Justice Hugo Black’s first day on the bench

Protesters repeatedly interrupted Justice Brett Kavanaugh’s confirmation hearing in September, but the new justice’s first day on the bench this morning passed without disruption. At least one justice had a more eventful inaugural experience. On October 4, 1937, Justice Hugo Black’s first day, “two vigorous protests to his legal right to sit were laid before … Continue reading A look back at Justice Hugo Black’s first day on the bench