![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Richard Brookhiser is a senior editor of National Review and the author of twelve previous books, including Founder’s Son: A Life of Abraham Lincoln James Madison and John Marshall: The Man Who Made the Supreme Court. In this lecture, he will discuss Marshall’s landmark court decisions and his legacy today. In John Marshall: The Man Who Made the Supreme Court, 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 thirty-four 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 United States. On November 12, 2018, Richard Brookhiser delivered the banner lecture, “John Marshall: The Man Who Made the Supreme Court.” ![]()
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