John Marshall
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- The Great Chief JusticeThis gives an overview of what a person may hypothesize about John Marshall from reading the article in "Portrait of America."
- Establishment of Judicial ReviewThe most significant event in American history after the Constitution in 1789, and before the outbreak of the Civil War in 1861, occurred during the time that John Marshall was the Chief Justice
- John Marshall's View of the American Union as a Direct Association of the PeopleJohn Marshall's McCulloch v. Maryland (1819) decision stated a view which directly contradicted Thomas Jefferson -- a view of the Union as a direct association of the people -- not of the states. Marshall denied states the ability to overrule federal actions.
- Marbury V. Madison and Its ImportanceDiscusses the importance and denial of the validity of the landmark case Marbury vs. Madison and the lasting effects this case has had on American life to this day.
- Bachelors of Art: Ned Warren and John MarshallAmerican Ned Warren and Britisher John Marshall, who met at Oxford in the 1880s, assembled a major collection of Greco-Roman art prized by museums in London, Boston, and New York