The Louisiana Supreme Court will be celebrating Constitution Day 2023 by offering free pocket-sized copies of the U.S. Constitution to visitors of the Chief Justice Pascal F. Calogero, Jr. Courthouse. From Monday, September 18th to Friday, September 22nd, anyone who visits the courthouse, located at 400 Royal Street in New Orleans' French Quarter, will receive a pocket-sized version of the document.
June 03, 2021
Today, Gov. John Bel Edwards joined the Louisiana Legislative Black Caucus for the inaugural Gov. P.B.S. (Pickney Benton Stewart) Pinchback Breakfast honoring retired Louisiana Supreme Court Chief Justice Bernette Joshua Johnson. Former Acting Gov. Pinchback is Louisiana’s first African American governor, and this year marks the 100
th anniversary of his death. The celebration was held to honor his life and legacy and to present Chief Justice Johnson with the P.B.S. Legacy Award. Chief Justice Johnson is the first African American and second woman to serve in that position on the Louisiana Supreme Court.
“The recognition of Gov. Pinchback’s importance in history is long overdue, and it was an honor to be part of today’s event and to present Chief Justice Johnson with the very first P.B.S. Pinchback Legacy Award,” said Gov. Edwards. “Like him, she is a trailblazer who has had an exemplary legal career working more than 50 years as a lawyer, 36 years as a
Louisiana Supreme Court Museum named after retiring justice
by The Associated Press
Last Updated Dec 29, 2020 at 3:28 pm EDT
NEW ORLEANS Louisiana’s high court is naming its museum after retiring Chief Justice Bernette Joshua Johnson, the first Black and second female to serve in that role on the court.
The Louisiana Supreme Court Museum includes portraits of all 25 Chief Justices who have presided over the court throughout history. Additionally, the museum contains a replica of the building, historical papers from the Plessy v. Ferguson case the landmark 1896 U.S. Supreme Court decision that upheld the constitutionality of racial segregation under the “separate but equal” doctrine and information on New Orleans Colonial Law and Louisiana Civil Code.