![]() ![]() ![]() “It is absolutely wonderful that Richard Brookhiser has agreed to participate in the lecture series to give us his insights about the life of the great Chief Justice.”īrookhiser is a senior editor of the National Review and a columnist for American History. “Of course, here at Marshall University, we remain fascinated by and invested in Chief Justice Marshall’s profound contribution to our country,” said Patricia Proctor, director of the Simon Perry Center for Constitutional Democracy, which sponsors the Amicus Curiae series. Brookhiser explores how Marshall worked this transformation by discussing the man, his methods, and one of his great cases - as well his many critics, during his lifetime and after. Supreme Court - a weak institution at the time he became the nation’s fourth Chief Justice in 1801 - the peer of Congress and the presidency by the time of his death in 1835. He will discuss how Chief Justice Marshall made the U.S. Smith Foundation Hall.īrookhiser is the author of John Marshall: The Man Who Made the Supreme Court, which was published in 2018 to critical acclaim. Marshall’s Amicus Curiae Lecture Series on Constitutional Democracy will kick off the 2019 fall semester with Richard Brookhiser, who will present John Marshall: The Man Who Made the Supreme Court, at 7 p.m. ![]()
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