United States Supreme Court Research: Histories & Analysis

Supreme Court of the United States,

• History and Traditions

HeinOnline,

• U.S. Supreme Court Library > In SARA catalog record, click: ACCESS ONLINE VERSION - (HEIN).  Remote access requires use of the BLS proxy server.
  • Includes a brief history of the Supreme Court and highlights landmark cases.
  • Tab: Books on the Court includes many older historical and analytical works, such as: 
    • Basic History of the U.S. Supreme Court (1968) by Bernard Schwartz.
    • Behind Bakke: Affirmative Action and the Supreme Court (1988) by Bernard Schwartz.
    • Early History of the Federal Supreme Court (1922) by W. H. Muller.

This Supreme Court Historical Society describes itself as "a private non-profit organization [that] is dedicated to the collection and preservation of the history of the Supreme Court of the United States."

Supreme Court Historical Society,

• Virtual lectures and conversations, accessible through YouTube.
  • Example: John Stewart Rock - A Trailblazed Life. A lecture by Christopher Brooks.
    • Professor Christopher Brooks discusses his research on Dr. John Stewart Rock, Esq., who was the first Black member of the Supreme Court Bar.
• Quarterly (newsletter archive)
• Index to the Journal of Supreme Court History Volumes 1-47 (1976-2022)
• Journal of Supreme Court History (now published 3 times/year)
  • BLS Library's print subscription is closed.
  • BLS Library's print holdings: 1990-v. 45, no. 3 (published Nov. 1, 2020).
  • Also available in Academic Search Premier (a BLS subscription database) from Mar. 1, 2000-, with a 1-year embargo on current content.  PDF.
    • In linked page above, click line: Full Text: 03/01/2000 to present (with a 12 Month delay)
  • Also available in HeinOnline (a BLS subscription database) from 1976-1998, vols. 24-45 (1999-2020), with a 3-year embargo on current content.  Title varies. 1976-1989: Title was: Yearbook: Supreme Court Historical Society.  PDF.
• Yearbook: Supreme Court Historical Society (originally published annually)
  • BLS Library's print holdings: 1976-1989.

Burger Court:

Chase Court:

Rehnquist Court:

Roberts Court:

Warren Court:

Multi-volume Histories:

Additional Books: