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“The Supreme Court and My Hometown” high school student participants and their college mentors outside the Guerry Center on the UTC campus. Photo by Judge Curtis L. Collier.<\/p><\/div>\n

Dr. Michelle Deardorff was beaming as she shared her thoughts on the success of the program.<\/p>\n

From June 10 to June 21, Deardorff\u2014the Adolph S. Ochs Professor of Government and head of the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga Department of Political Science and Public Service\u2014and UTC hosted \u201cThe Supreme Court and My Hometown,\u201d a collaboration of the Supreme Court Historical Society, the United States District Court\u2019s Eastern District of Tennessee and the UTC Department of Political Science and Public Service.<\/p>\n

During that period, 20 local high school students participated in a day camp to investigate the federal courts, African American history and the impact of Supreme Court decisions.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe program exceeded all of our expectations,\u201d Deardorff said. \u201cWe\u2019ve been planning this for about a year\u2014the court, UTC, myself representing UTC and the Supreme Court Historical Society\u2014and really thinking about what this could look like.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think the energy the college students have brought to this, the excitement the high school students have brought\u2014their fascination with the topic, their willingness to put in long days, listening to lawyers and judges and academics, their willingness to engage\u2014speaks well to future citizens whose interest in this and the preservation of the rule of law.\u201d<\/p>\n

Deardorff explained that \u201cThe Supreme Court and My Hometown\u201d<\/strong><\/a> is an immersive, in-person civics education program for area high school students. Each program is sponsored and supported by the local federal court in partnership with the Supreme Court Historical Society.<\/p>\n

In the federal court system\u2019s present form, 94 district-level trial courts and 13 courts of appeals sit below the Supreme Court. The UTC event was the second in the nation to take place, following the program\u2019s launch in the St. Louis area in fall 2023.<\/p>\n

During each program, students study a Supreme Court case that originated in their hometown; engage with the case\u2019s constitutional questions and procedural history; examine how the judicial branch interacts with the other two branches of government; create a capstone project to promote increased understanding about the case; and learn from legal mentors, professors and historians.<\/p>\n

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One of the field trips included a tour of the location of the jailhouse where Ed Johnson was held. Photo by Judge Curtis L. Collier.<\/p><\/div>\n

Historical context: United States v. Shipp<\/h4>\n

The 20 high school students who participated in the UTC camp learned about the 1906 Ed Johnson case that went to the Supreme Court as United States v. Shipp.<\/p>\n

This landmark case was the only criminal trial ever held by the Supreme Court and underscored the Court\u2019s authority to enforce its orders and ensure the protection of constitutional rights.<\/p>\n

In that case, Hamilton County Sheriff Joseph F. Shipp and several co-defendants were charged with contempt of court for their involvement in the lynching of Johnson, an African American man. Johnson had been convicted of raping a white woman and was granted a stay of execution by Justice John Marshall Harlan pending an appeal to the Supreme Court.<\/p>\n

Despite the stay, Shipp and his co-defendants failed to protect Johnson, who was forcibly taken from jail by a mob and lynched.<\/p>\n

Deardorff said the students spent time in courthouses, went on tours, and heard speakers talk about how the law works, \u201cand now they are synthesizing all this information for a public history display.\u201d<\/p>\n

Engaging the next generation<\/h4>\n

Senior United States District Judge Curtis L. Collier and his chief clerk, Carrie Stefaniak, have been working with Deardorff for a number of years on different projects.<\/p>\n

When they learned about the creation of the hometown program, they reached out to Deardorff about UTC hosting the event.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt is amazing to see this come together and see these kids from all over our region who are so involved and energetic about this. It is just heartwarming,\u201d said Collier, who engaged with the students every day of the program. \u201cI wish every citizen in this area could peek in and see what they\u2019re doing and what they\u2019re learning.\u201d<\/p>\n

Collier previously was chief judge of the District Court, completing a seven-year term in 2012. He was nominated to the federal bench by President Bill Clinton in 1995.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Supreme Court and My Hometown,\u201d he said, was more than just learning about the specific case.<\/p>\n

\u201cThey\u2019re really learning in a very, very, in-depth way,\u201d Collier explained. \u201cMost people don\u2019t get a chance to observe the inner workings of our legal system and also our civic obligations as citizens. They learned that back then, many people failed to live up to their obligations\u2014and the consequences were tragic.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m hopeful that out of this, they will have a greater understanding of the need for all of us to do our part in making our society a better place, a richer place and a more fair place. The legal system plays a part in that, but it\u2019s not the only part. The larger society also has a role to play.\u201d<\/p>\n

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From left: Isabella Craig, Political Science and Public Service; Taylor Nelson, PSPS; Tre Reid, Austin Peay State University; Mychael Allen-Fennessee, History\/Africana Studies; Nadine Habonimana, PSPS. Photo by Judge Curtis L. Collier.<\/p><\/div>\n

Mentorship and impact<\/h4>\n

Five college students\u2014four from UTC and one from Austin Peay State University in Clarksville, Tennessee\u2014assisted in providing support for the high school students, including helping them with a capstone project.<\/p>\n

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Taylor Nelson<\/p><\/div>\n

\u201cI\u2019m really grateful to Dr. Deardorff for opening this opportunity up for me,\u201d said UTC senior Taylor Nelson, a political science major from Memphis.<\/p>\n

Nelson said she and the other university students were given two books to read before the program started.<\/p>\n

\u201cI had no idea about this case before reading the books,\u201d she said, \u201cso it\u2019s just been really cool to learn more about it. I guess my poli sci background helps me understand and break it down for the high school students that are here and it gives me a little bit of an advantage in terms of digesting and understanding the effects of the Johnson case and the future applications of it.\u201d<\/p>\n

Nadine Habonimana, a senior political science major from Knoxville, Tennessee, said it was \u201cvery insightful getting to do this program.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s definitely not something that was around when I was in high school, especially with the depth that we\u2019re getting into with the history and the court system itself,\u201d Habonimana said. \u201cThe high school students have been independent throughout because they\u2019re applying a lot of knowledge that they already have and then also getting to learn. They\u2019re very excited and they\u2019re very much into it.\u201d<\/p>\n

Junior Mychael Allen-Fennessee, a history major with an Africana Studies minor, said he enjoyed the mentorship aspect.<\/p>\n

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Mychael Allen-Fennessee<\/p><\/div>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s been awesome because a lot of the questions the kids are having are like, \u2018Oh wow, how could someone do something like that?\u2019 Or, \u2018How could this happen?\u2019 the Nashville native explained. \u201cThey have this perfect idea of what the court system is like today now, so they don\u2019t understand the historical context of how it got to where it is today and how we have so many protections that we do today.<\/p>\n

\u201cBeing able to look at the problems or the ills of our system in the past and seeing how they were fixed \u2026 Those steps are very fascinating.\u201d<\/p>\n

Junior political science major Isabella Craig, a native of Chattanooga, said the most significant impacts for her were watching the students learn and \u201cbeing able to answer their questions and to work with them to learn about this case.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019ve seen so many places of significance in Chattanooga and been able to learn about the impact that the federal system had on Chattanooga,\u201d Craig said, \u201cand just the way that the city of Chattanooga was impacted by these events and how they\u2019re remembered now\u2014all of the good and bad.\u201d<\/p>\n

Craig noted the role the Supreme Court Historical Society played in the experience.<\/p>\n

\u201cThey have been amazing,\u201d she said. \u201cThey have resources and information on this case that is typically hard to access for us as college students and high school students. But they\u2019ve been able to give us resources on the case such as newspaper clippings. They\u2019ve had the time to find all of this information and it\u2019s been so helpful.\u201d<\/p>\n

Championing civic education<\/h4>\n

Nicole Maffei, the director of civic education for the Supreme Court Historical Society, credited the initiative to her boss, Jim Duff\u2014the historical society\u2019s executive director and the former director of the Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts.<\/p>\n

\u201cCivics has really become the center focus of the historical society, making sure that students of all ages understand how the judicial branch works, how the federal government works, how their role as active citizens within the system is critically important,\u201d Maffei said. \u201cPrograms like this make my job so much fun\u2014to watch the kind of arc of understanding unfold from the students\u2019 perspectives, to hear them answering questions that at the beginning they didn\u2019t know.<\/p>\n

\u201cInteracting with federal judges and courthouse staff is incredibly gratifying and really gives me hope for the future. We are creating these packets of students who are interested in how their government works and why things happen the way that they happen.\u201d<\/p>\n

Learn more<\/h4>\n

Visit UTC<\/a><\/p>\n

How to apply<\/a><\/p>\n

UTC Political Science and Public Service<\/a><\/p>\n

\u201cThe Supreme Court and My Hometown\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n

Chattanooga dedicates a place of remembrance, reconciliation at Walnut Street Bridge<\/a><\/p>\n

In Remembrance, Reconciliation and Healing: The Ed Johnson Memorial<\/a><\/p>\n

“The Supreme Court and My Hometown” photo gallery by Angela Foster<\/h4>\n

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