SUPREME COURT TRIVIA: Did You Know?

The Court really didn’t have a fully functional home until 1935. The Court was in various locations before the Civil War, and it was housed in the Old Senate Chamber from 1861 to 1935. The chamber wasn’t spacious; the Justices ate lunch in the robing room. Chief Justice William Howard Taft led the drive for a Supreme Court building in the 1920s.


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DEPT. OF POL. SCIENCE IN THE NEWS: “ECU Joins Professional Development Program for Rural Leaders.”

East Carolina University is now part of North Carolina Commerce’s Rural Community Capacity (RC2) program. The program provides professional development training for leaders of local governments in some of the state’s economically distressed areas. ECU’s participation will offer an eastern location for the university-based statewide educational program.

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IN REMEMBRANCE: SC SENATOR LINDSEY GRAHAM

Graham was an American politician and attorney who served as the senior United States senator from South Carolina from 2003 until his death on July 11, 2026. He was a member of the Republican Party and held various significant positions, including chairing the Senate Judiciary Committee and the Senate Budget Committee.

IN THE NEWS: THE REFLECTING POOL

Recent controversy aside, how about some history? The Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool is the largest of the many reflecting pools in Washington, D.C. Designed by Henry Bacon and completed in 1923 to complement the Lincoln Memorial, the concrete-bottomed rectangular pool stretches 2,028–2,030 feet long, is 167 feet wide, and has a depth of 18–30 inches. The pool was intended to serve as a reflective surface, mirroring the surrounding monuments and sky, creating a serene atmosphere for its approximately 24 million annual visitors. It was built on reclaimed marshland and has required multiple restorations, including a major 2010–2012 rebuild that added a new circulation system and 2,133 timber pilings to stabilize the structure.

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