What impact did Chief Justice John Marshall have on the burgeoning Supreme Court in the early days of America? Richard Brookhiser, author of John Marshall: The Man Who Made the Supreme Court, paints a picture of the substantial impact that John Marshall had on American jurisprudence through the landmark Supreme Court decisions and dissents he authored and the role of the Court itself.

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Learn more about Richard Brookhiser:
http://www.richardbrookhiser.com/about/
https://www.nationalreview.com/author/richard-brookhiser/

 

Related links:

John Marshall: The Man Who Made the Supreme Court:
http://www.richardbrookhiser.com/books/john-marshall-man-made-supreme-court/

John Marshall on Oyez:
https://www.oyez.org/justices/john_marshall

John Marshall: The Man Who Made the Supreme Court [National Constitution Center]
https://youtu.be/AalnS6OOPSs


Differing views:

The Operative: How John Marshall built the Supreme Court around his political agenda
https://newrepublic.com/article/152667/john-marshall-political-supreme-court-justice

The brilliant jurist who set the Supreme Court’s course
https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/the-brilliant-jurist-who-set-the-supreme-courts-course/2019/01/04/525f86c4-f974-11e8-8c9a-860ce2a8148f_story.html?utm_term=.24ddd2bbd65d

The legacy of John Marshall’s Supreme Court
https://constitutioncenter.org/blog/the-legacy-of-john-marshalls-supreme-court