It is likely that Chief Justice John Marshall, who joined as the fourth chief justice of the Supreme Court in 1801, led the shift to a black robe—most likely because a robe without distinctive ...

Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson stood out from the crowd. Seated among a sea of white conservatives and billionaires, Jackson’s ceremonial black robes were complemented by a striking ...

She then went on to a prestigious law clerkship at the Supreme Court ... view in the camera-barred court. They are announced as a group, arrive wearing their black robes – usually covering ...