The Monumental Ally: Chief Justice John Marshall and the Protection of the United States Constitution

摘要

The culmination of this particular research intends to analyze U.S. Supreme Court Chief Justice John Marshallu27s judicial opinions with historical perspectives. Special emphasis is placed upon Marshallu27s motives for promoting the interests of the national government over the interests of the individual states and their respective governments and the interests ofthe federal judiciary over its fellow branches. Overall, it can be successfully argued that Marshallu27s influence was not to promote the individual branch of the federal judiciary, but rather promote the necessity of a strong national government. The research utilizes primary and secondary sources including Marshallu27s judicial opinions, his personal correspondence, and his autobiography. The overall purpose of the research seeks to achieve a sense of Marshall as a historical actor rather than the American iconic figure one generally associates Marshall as being.