The first was John Jay, then John Rutledge and then Oliver Ellsworth. John Marshall (1755-1835) was the fourth Chief Justice of the Supreme Court. When I saw this newly released biography of Marshall by Richard Brookhiser, I had to buy it. The book wet my appetite to learn more about John Marshall. In March 2018 I read Joel Richard Paul’s “Without Precedent Chief Justice John Marshall and His Time”. PLEASE NOTE: When you purchase this title, the accompanying PDF will be available in your Audible Library along with the audio. In John Marshall, award-winning biographer Richard Brookhiser vividly chronicles America's greatest judge and the world he made. For better and for worse, he made the Supreme Court a pillar of American life. Through three decades of dramatic cases involving businessmen, scoundrels, Native Americans, and slaves, Marshall defended the federal government against unruly states, established the Supreme Court's right to rebuke Congress or the president, and unleashed the power of American commerce. After he died, it could never be ignored again. Before he joined the Court, it was the weakling of the federal government, lacking in dignity and clout. He would hold the post for 34 years (still a record), expounding the Constitution he loved. In 1801, a genial and brilliant Revolutionary War veteran and politician became the fourth chief justice of the US. The life of John Marshall, founding father and America's premier chief justice.
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