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Credit for making the United States Supreme Court a significant player in the American scheme of government has been attributed to the masterful leadership of John Marshall, Chief Justice of the United States from 1801 to 1835.
13 Απρ 2002 · Marshall's principal claim to fame as Chief Justice -- though by no means his only one -- is his authoring the Court's opinion in the famous case of Marbury v. Madison.
6 Οκτ 2000 · The Court's present-day status is due in large part to John Marshall, who served as Chief Justice for thirty-four years--from 1801 until 1835. During the first decade of the new republic, the Supreme Court got off to a very slow start.
The appointment of John Marshall to the position of chief justice of the United States on the 31st of January, 1801, marks an epoch in the political and judicial history of the country.
In 1825, as Chief Justice, Marshall wrote an opinion in the case of the captured slave ship Antelope, in which he acknowledged that slavery was against natural law, but upheld the continued enslavement of approximately one-third of the ship's cargo (although the remainder were to be sent to Liberia). [140]
30 Νοε 2021 · When John Marshall was appointed chief justice of the U.S. Supreme Court in 1801, the nation’s highest court occupied a lowly position.
In March 1832, Chief Justice Marshall spoke once again for the majority of the Court to a packed courtroom. Also in attendance were members of Congress, newspaper reporters, Cherokee chiefs, and many spectators, attending to hear what the great man would rule.
