When1: 1797
When2: 1820
Who: John Marshall [Marshall, John]
What: judge/chief justice
Where: USA
works\ Marbury v. Madison [1803]; Fletcher v. Peck [1816]; McCulloch v. Maryland [1819]; Dartmouth College v. Woodward [1819]; Cohens v. Virginia [1821]; Gibbons v. Ogden [1824]
Detail: He lived 1755 to 1835, was at Constitutional Convention, defended Jay Treaty, went on X.Y.Z. mission to France [1797], entered Congress, became Secretary of State [1800], and was USA Supreme Court Chief Justice [1801 to 1820]. He increased Supreme Court power by insisting on its right to judge constitutionality of all laws. He allowed expansion of federal powers in opposition to states' rights. He did not like Thomas Jefferson or his ideas and interpreted federal government power broadly.
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