{"id":163285,"date":"2026-09-21T14:17:55","date_gmt":"2026-09-21T22:17:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/2026\/09\/21\/the-first-and-last-time-the-supreme-court-acted-as-a-trial-court\/"},"modified":"2026-09-21T14:17:55","modified_gmt":"2026-09-21T22:17:55","slug":"the-first-and-last-time-the-supreme-court-acted-as-a-trial-court","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/2026\/09\/21\/the-first-and-last-time-the-supreme-court-acted-as-a-trial-court\/","title":{"rendered":"The First And Last Time The Supreme Court Acted As A Trial Court"},"content":{"rendered":"

Ed. Note:<\/span> Welcome to our daily feature Trivia Question of the Day!<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

In more than two centuries, the U.S. Supreme Court has conducted a criminal trial exactly once \u2014 sitting not as an appeals court but as the trial court itself, with the justices weighing the evidence and delivering the verdict. The defendant was a local sheriff. What did he do to earn that singular distinction?<\/strong><\/p>\n

Hint: In 1906, the Court had stayed the execution of a Black man convicted of rape in a rushed Tennessee trial. The night the order reached town, a mob, thanks to the action of the sheriff, made sure the appeal would never be heard.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Ed. Note: Welcome to our daily feature Trivia Question of the Day!<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

In more than two centuries, the U.S. Supreme Court has conducted a criminal trial exactly once \u2014 sitting not as an appeals court but as the trial court itself, with the justices weighing the evidence and delivering the verdict. The defendant was a local sheriff. What did he do to earn that singular distinction?<\/strong><\/p>\n

Hint: In 1906, the Court had stayed the execution of a Black man convicted of rape in a rushed Tennessee trial. The night the order reached town, a mob, thanks to the action of the sheriff, made sure the appeal would never be heard.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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