Washington Report

Washington ReportHave you noticed that the Supreme Court building in Washington DC is now partly hidden by a veil? Contractors renovating the marble monument have flung scaffolding and scrim over the walls, obscuring the august temple front.Cass Gilbert designed the Supreme Court building in 1929 in a splendid neoclassical style, a style that was thought to represent permanence, legitimacy, and republican values. Ironically, Joseph Stalin, Adolf Hitler, and Benito Mussolini also mandated the ...