Law clerk comes to Washington -- Marbury v. Madison -- Marshall Court -- Taney Court -- Justices Peckham, Holmes, and Brandeis -- Court-packing plan -- New Deal Court -- Steel seizure case in the lower courts -- Warren Court -- Presidential appointments to the Supreme Court -- Certioraris : picking the cases to be decided -- How the court does its work: oral argument -- How the court does its work: deciding the cases -- Court in its third century.