Bruce Guthrie Photos: DC -- Supreme Court Building -- Interior

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1. SCI_130208_002.JPG: Oliver Wendell Holmes
2. SCI_130208_045.JPG: It is emphatically the province and duty of the judicial department to say what the law is. -- Marbury v Madison, 1803 A constitution is framed for ages to come, and is designed to approach immortality as nearly as human institutions can approach it. Its course cannot always be tranquil. -- Cohens v Virginia, 1821 Let the end be legitimate, let it be within the scope of the constitution, and all means which are appropriate, which are plainly adapted to that end, which are not prohibited, but consist with the letter and spirit of the constitution, are constitutional. -- McCullough v Maryland, 1819 Never forget that it is a constitution we are expounding. -- McCullough v Maryland, 1819 The people made the Constitution, and the can unmake it. It is the creature of their own will, and lives only by their will. -- Cohens v Virginia, 1821
3. SCI_130208_083.JPG: Spiral Staircases: Inside the doorway ahead is one of the more interesting aspects of the architecture of the Supreme Court Building; a self supporting, elliptical spiral staircase. It is one of the two identical staircases designed for the building by Cass Gilbert. It is unclear whether Gilbert chose to use this rare form for practical reasons or simply for its exceptional visual beauty. Construction: The marble for the staircases was quarried by the Moretti-Harrah Marble Company near Sylacauga, Alabama. The rough blocks were transported to Knoxville, Tennessee, where the Gray-Knox Marble Company finished the stone in their mill. After the steps were cut, the staircase was assembled upside down to make sure that each piece was an exact fit. In a few places, a run of several steps was cut from one piece of marble. After numbering each piece, the staircases were dismantled and shipped to Washington for installation. Design: Each of the staircases has 136 steps that complete seven spirals while ascending five stories from the basement to the third floor. The cantilevered design of the staircases eliminates the need for a central support as each step is anchored into the marble wall on one end and rests upon the step below it. The staircases, therefore, are held in place by fit and pressure rather than mortar and steel. Symbolism: On each floor's landing, bronze door frames are decorated with neoclassical motifs, including leaves, urns, and anthemia (floral decorations). In addition, four law related themes repeat: a lamp representing knowledge, a book inscribed with "LEX" (Latin for law), and owl symbolizing wisdom, and the Scales of Justice symbolizing impartiality. The bronze railings for the stairs are adorned with a classical wave pattern, rosettes, and oval medallions featuring an eagle, a symbol of the United States.
4. SCI_130208_090.JPG: The Warren Court, 1964 Byron White, William Brennan, Tom Clark, Hugo Black Earl Warren William Douglas, John Harlan, Potter Stewart, and Arthur Goldberg.
5. SCI_130208_580.JPG: Original Plaster Model of the Supreme Court Building, 1929 John Donnelly, Inc Architect Cass Gilbert presented this plaster model to the Supreme Court Building Commission in May 1929.
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