The life and legacy of John Marshall

We the People

National Constitution Center

News, News Commentary, History

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🗓️ 25 May 2017

⏱️ 52 minutes

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Michael Gerhardt of the University of North Carolina and Kevin Walsh of the University of Richmond explore the influential career of the nation's longest-serving chief justice. Continue today’s conversation on Facebook and Twitter using @ConstitutionCtr. We want to know what you think of the podcast! Email us at editor@constitutioncenter.org. Sign up to receive Constitution Weekly, our email roundup of constitutional news and debate, at bit.ly/constitutionweekly. Please subscribe to We the Peopleand our companion podcast, Live at America’s Town Hall, on iTunes, Stitcher, or your favorite podcast app. We the People is a member of Slate’s Panoply network. Check out the full roster of podcasts at Panoply.fm. Despite our congressional charter, the National Constitution Center is a private nonprofit; we receive little government support, and we rely on the generosity of people around the country who are inspired by our nonpartisan mission of constitutional debate and education. Please consider becoming a member to support our work, including this podcast. Visit constitutioncenter.org to learn more. This show was engineered by David Stotz and produced by Nicandro Iannacci and Scott Bomboy. Research was provided by Lana Ulrich. The host of We the People is Jeffrey Rosen. Special thanks to Tom Donnelly for serving as guest host.

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0:37.2	I'm Tom Donnelly, senior Fellow for Constitutional Studies at the National Constitution
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0:51.2	The National Constitution Center is the only institution in America, chartered
0:54.4	by Congress to disseminate information about the U.S. Constitution on a nonpartisan basis.
0:59.7	On today's show, we explore the life and legacy of John Marshall, an early Chief Justice of the Supreme Court who also played other important roles in the life of the early Republic, from soldier to lawyer to political leader and more.
1:11.0	Today, May 25th in partnership with the John Marshall Foundation, the Constitution Center opened a new feature exhibit entitled John Marshall, Patriots, Statesman, Chief Justice.
1:20.0	The exhibit features nearly 30 historic documents and rare artifacts related to Marshall's historic career.
1:26.0	What should citizens know about John Marshall and why is he still important to us today?
1:31.0	Joining us to discuss Marshall's life and legacy
1:33.7	are two of the leading constitutional scholars in the country.
1:36.3	He's on the phone from lovely Chapel Hill North Carolina is Michael Gerhard.
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