Professor Martha Jones appointed to the Permanent Committee for the Oliver Wendell Holmes Devise by President Biden
Professor Martha S. Jones has been appointed by President Biden to the Permanent Committee for the Oliver Wendell Holmes Devise.
The Permanent Committee for the Oliver Wendell Holmes Devise was established by Congress in 1955 after the late Associate Justice of the Supreme Court Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr. bequeathed a portion of his estate to the United States in 1935. Congress used the gift to establish the Committee, which is charged with documenting and disseminating the history of the United States Supreme Court. The Committee’s principal purpose is to continue to publish the multi-volume work documenting the history of the Court, and the Committee is composed of the Librarian of Congress and four additional members appointed by the President.
“It’s a tremendous honor to be appointed by President Biden to the committee alongside such distinguished colleagues,” Jones said. “Our charge, as I understand it, is not necessarily to write the history of the court ourselves, though there is precedent for that. Rather, we serve as publishers of up-coming volumes in the series, overseeing their documentation and dissemination.”
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