Featured Brief
"It is in the context of the present world struggle between freedom and tyranny that the problem of racial discrimination must be viewed. The United States is trying to prove to the people of the world, of every nationality, race, and color, that a free democracy is the most civilized and most secure form of government yet devised by man. We must set an example for others by showing firm determination to remove existing flaws in our democracy."  Brief for the United States as Amicus Curiae, in Brown v. Board of Education, 349 U.S. 294 (1954). html@avalon pdf@curiae

Featured Argument
"What would happen to Mr. Justice Marshall's father if we use a physiognomy test as part of the ethnic origin or ancestry test?"  Oral Arguments by Caroline Mitchell, Counsel for Respondent in St. Francis v. Al-Khazraji, 481 U.S. 604 (1987). realaudio@oyez | transcript@avalon