210 Considering John Marshall, Part 1 (Doing History)

Ben Franklin's World

Liz Covart

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🗓️ 30 October 2018

⏱️ 76 minutes

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Summary

For 34 years, John Marshall presided as the Chief Justice of the United States Supreme Court. During his service, Marshal transformed the nation’s top court and its judicial branch into the powerful body and co-equal branch of government we know it as today.

The Doing History: Biography series continues as Joel Richard Paul, a professor of law at the University of California, Hastings Law School and author of Without Precedent: Chief Justice John Marshall and His Times, joins us to explore the life of John Marshall and how he wrote his biography.

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0:00.0	Ben Franklin's world is a production of the
0:02.6	O'Mohandro Institute. Ever wonder how the Supreme Court really
0:07.2	became supreme? The decisions of Chief Justice John Marshall in the
0:11.2	early 19th century did much to strengthen the judicial
0:14.2	branch of government in the United States and to define that three-branch arrangement
0:18.3	that is so basic to the American system of government. The John Marshall Foundation was founded in 1987 in Richmond,
0:25.0	Virginia by a group of dedicated lawyers, the Virginia Bar Association, and Preservation Virginia,
0:31.0	also that we could learn more about this great Chief Justice.
0:34.0	Go to their website, John Marshall Foundation.org, to learn more about Marshall's landmark
0:39.1	court decisions, his many civic contributions, and his family life enrichment.
0:44.0	Teachers and lifelong learners like us
0:46.0	will find a wealth of resources at John Marshall Foundation.org
0:50.0	including articles, books, videos, and other materials for classroom use.
0:55.0	To learn more, visit John Marshall Foundation.org
0:59.0	February 24, 18 1803 in the case of Marbury versus Madison, I John Marshall, Chief Justice of the
1:09.6	Supreme Court of the United States shall read the majority opinion.
1:15.0	The question whether an act repugnant to the Constitution can become the law of the
1:20.5	land is a question deeply interesting to the United States, but happily
1:26.6	not of an intricacy proportion to its interest.
1:30.3	It seems only necessary to recognize certain principles, supposed to have been long and well established to decide it.
1:39.0	That the people have an original right to establish for their future government such principles as,
1:44.9	in their opinion, shall most conducive to their own happiness is the basis
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