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. Bush.The life of John Marshall, founding father and America's premier chief justice.
In 2008, Brookhiser was awarded the National Humanities Medal by President George W. A journalist with over twenty years of experience writing about news and politics, Brookhiser began exploring news-making figures from early American history with biographies of George Washington, Alexander Hamilton, James Madison and Abraham Lincoln. Richard Brookhiser is a New York native who got his start in writing with an article for the National Review about anti-Vietnam War protests. Copies of the book will be available to purchase at the event.
The talk will last about 45 minutes, followed by a book signing and refreshments. In his new biography, Brookhiser explores the life and legacy of this powerful legal mind who paved the way for the modern importance of the Supreme Court. Marshall’s influence over three decades of judicial rulings touched issues involving separation of powers, slavery, Native Americans and interstate commerce. After his thirty-four-year tenure on the bench, the judicial branch was an equal power in American government. When Marshall became the fourth chief justice of the United States in 1801, the Supreme Court was the weakest branch of the federal government. Historian and columnist Richard Brookhiser discusses and signs copies of his biography of John Marshall, a Revolutionary War veteran whose career as chief justice of the Supreme Court transformed American law and politics.
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