Is the Supreme Court Moving to the National Mall?
–>Hopeless 1L – December 9, 2005 at 5:25 pm Professor Solove, Apparently this is an old idea: The 1901 McMillan Plan for Washington “proposed several things. First, South Capitol Street would become a Mall extension, lined with memorials and museums, and culminating in a new Supreme Court building on the Anacostia waterfront. The placement of the Supreme Court here, argued the NCPC and the Architect of the Capitol, would better symbolically represent the separation of the three branches of government than does the Court’s present location in the shadow of the Capitol.” http://xroads.virginia.edu/~CAP/MALL/text1.html –>Bruce – December 9, 2005 at 5:54 pm This post reminds me of the classic Simpsons episode: Lisa: Mr. Jefferson, my name is Lisa Simpson, and I have a problem. Jefferson: I know your problem. The Lincoln Memorial was too crowded. Lisa: Sorry, sir. It’s just… Jefferson: No one ever comes to see me. I don’t blame them. I never did anything important. Just the Declaration of
