Our overworked Supreme Court, USA, circa 1885


Illustration shows Supreme Court justices "Woods, Blatchford, Harlan, Gray, Miller, Field, Waite, Bradley [and] Matthews" around a table, struggling to keep up with an overload of cases piling up on the floor, delivered "From the Lower Courts" by mail clerks entering on the left, as well as "Cases Unadjudicated 1880-1882" and "Cases Unadjudicated 1883-", and a cabinet labeled "1885" along the wall in the background.


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Photo credit: © Niday Picture Library / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
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