Good morning.
Tuesday brings a sunny day with a high near seventy to Whitewater, with winds of 5 to 10 mph.
Whitewater’s Urban Forestry Commission meets today at 4:30 PM, and her Bicycle & Pedestrian Master Plan Steering Committee at 6 PM.
On this day in 1789, America gets her first Supreme Court:
The Judiciary Act of 1789 is passed by Congress and signed by President George Washington, establishing the Supreme Court of the United States as a tribunal made up of six justices who were to serve on the court until death or retirement. That day, President Washington nominated John Jay to preside as chief justice, and John Rutledge, William Cushing, John Blair, Robert Harrison, and James Wilson to be associate justices. On September 26, all six appointments were confirmed by the U.S. Senate….
The U.S. Supreme Court grew into the most important judicial body in the world in terms of its central place in the American political order. According to the Constitution, the size of the court is set by Congress, and the number of justices varied during the 19th century before stabilizing in 1869 at nine. In times of constitutional crisis, the nation’s highest court has always played a definitive role in resolving, for better or worse, the great issues of the time.
Scientific American‘s trivia question asks about an inventor. (Clicking on the question leads to its answer.)
The question should really ask who was the first human to invent the hologram, as this one was designed even earlier, a long time ago, in a galaxy far, far away: