The Highest Court in the Land is the basketball court located on the fifth floor of the United States Supreme Court Building. The Supreme Court of the United States is nicknamed the ‘highest court in the land’ because it is the highest court in the federal judiciary of the United States, and the basketball court is located on a higher floor than the courtroom where the Supreme Court meets, hence the basketball court’s nickname.
While Supreme Court law clerks regularly play on the court, it is less common for the justices to do so. The first justice to play basketball on the court was Byron White, according to fellow justice Sandra Day O’Connor.
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