{"id":1892,"date":"2014-03-25T12:09:15","date_gmt":"2014-03-25T16:09:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.law.cornell.edu\/library\/?p=1892"},"modified":"2014-03-25T12:09:15","modified_gmt":"2014-03-25T16:09:15","slug":"new-exhibit-bobbles-at-the-bar","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.law.cornell.edu\/library\/2014\/03\/25\/new-exhibit-bobbles-at-the-bar\/","title":{"rendered":"New Exhibit: Bobbles at the Bar"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.law.cornell.edu\/library\/files\/2014\/03\/DSCN2465.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-1893\" alt=\"DSCN2465\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.law.cornell.edu\/library\/files\/2014\/03\/DSCN2465-300x225.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.law.cornell.edu\/library\/files\/2014\/03\/DSCN2465-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blog.law.cornell.edu\/library\/files\/2014\/03\/DSCN2465.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>If you&#8217;re wondering why we have a bunch of bobbleheads displayed in the Reading Room take a closer look.<\/p>\n<p>These aren&#8217;t just random figurines collected from minor league baseball games, they&#8217;re unique (and rare) representations of Supreme Court Justices.<\/p>\n<p>The creation of Professor <a href=\"http:\/\/www.law.gmu.edu\/faculty\/directory\/fulltime\/davies_ross\">Ross Davies of George Mason Law <\/a>and Editor in Chief of <i><a href=\"http:\/\/www.greenbag.org\/\">The Green Bag: An Entertaining Journal of Law, <\/a><\/i>the bobbleheads have become well known for their light-hearted representations of the personalities and passions of the members of the Supreme Court.<\/p>\n<p>Featured by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/supreme-court-bobbleheads-a-mini-history-lesson\/\">CBS News<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2011\/CRIME\/07\/15\/scotus.journal\/\">CNN<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2010\/03\/18\/us\/18bobble.html?_r=1&amp;\">The New York Times<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.politico.com\/story\/2013\/12\/supreme-court-justice-bobbleheads-101621.html\">Politico<\/a> among others, Law Library owns one of the largest collections of the bobbleheads and is currently exhibiting them this semester.<\/p>\n<p>Whether its Justice John Paul Stevens <a href=\"http:\/\/greenbag.org\/bobbleheads\/Stevens_annotated_bobblehead_2004.jpg\">sporting a golf club<\/a> to represent his majority opinion in <a href=\"http:\/\/www.law.cornell.edu\/supremecourt\/text\/532\/661\"><i>PGA Tour, Inc. v. Martin<\/i>, 532 U.S. 661 (2001)<\/a> or <a href=\"http:\/\/greenbag.org\/bobbleheads\/Souter_annotated_bobblehead_2009.jpg\">Justice Souter wearing a gold chain<\/a> to symbolize his role in<a href=\"http:\/\/www.law.cornell.edu\/supct\/html\/92-1292.ZS.html\"><i> Campbell v. Acuff-Rose Music<\/i>, 510 U.S. 569 (1994)<\/a> (a.k.a the 2 Live Crew fair use case) all the bobbleheads and the unique stories behind them are currently on display in the Gould Reading Room.<\/p>\n<p>Check back over the next few weeks as we&#8217;ll be taking a closer look at some at some of the unique and entertaining features of some of the individual justices.<\/p>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If you&#8217;re wondering why we have a bunch of bobbleheads displayed in the Reading Room take a closer look. 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