this is where louis brandeis and oliver wendell holmes served as associate justice and were john campbell appeared frequently as an advocate. the court room had several practical advantages over the old supreme court chamber. it was larger, accommodating 100 members of the audience, and also had a separate robing room so that the justices were spirit from putting their robes on when they came to the bench. but the symbolic problem remained that the justices were mere tenants and home of another branch of government. as in the case of the old supreme court room, there was no room for the justices to have separate offices. the justices were relieved of the circuit riding responsibilities during this period, so they now alt resided in the washington area. but without office space in the capital, they worked at home and generally came to court only on argument and conference states. went have joined the supreme court as its 10th chief justice in 1921, he did not like this arrangement. he had served as president before he became chief justice. before his presidency, he observed this from the p

this is the court room where louis brandeis and oliver wendell holmes served as associate justice is and where john campbell appeared frequently as an advocate. the courtroom had several practical advantages over the old supreme court chamber. it was larger accommodating when hundred members of the audience and had a high ceiling and natural light. it also had a separate robing room so the justices were scared having to put their rope on when they came on to the bench. but the symbolic problem remained that the justices were tenants in the home of another branch of government. as in the case of the old supreme court chambers there was no room for the justices to have separate offices. the justices were relieved of the circuit riding responsibilities during the period so they now all resided in the washington hearing. but without office space in the capitol they worked from home and generally came to the court only on argument and conference days. when william howard taft joined the supreme court as the tenth chief justice in 1921, he didn't like this arrangement. taft had of course s