How Much Inane Supreme Court Trivia Do You Know?

Do you know this Supreme Court tidbit?

Ed. note: Welcome to our latest daily feature, a legal trivia question of the day. We know you lawyerly types are, at heart, type-A personalities that thrive on learning random bits of (mostly) useless trivia. Enjoy!

Who was the most recent President of the United States to have argued before the Supreme Court?

Hint: The relevant case was a First Amendment case, and the Court held that absent a finding of malicious intent on the part of a publisher, false or misleading statements by the press are protected.

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Answer: Richard Nixon. The case was Time, Inc. v. Hill, and if you’re interested, you can listen to the audio of the argument. All told, there are 7 people who argued in front of the highest court in the land before moving to 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue. John Quincy Adams, James Polk, Abraham Lincoln, James Garfield, Grover Cleveland, and William Howard Taft had all achieved the feat before Nixon.

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