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John Marshall: The Man Who Made the Supreme Court

Wednesday, November 7

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Richard Brookhiser, senior editor of National Review, discusses Chief Justice John Marshall’s transformation of the Supreme Court into the powerful branch we know today as chronicled in his book, John Marshall: The Man Who Made the Supreme Court. Michael Gerhardt, scholar-in-residence at the National Constitution Center, moderates.

 


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  • Richard Brookhiser is a political historian and senior editor of National Review. He is the author of more than a dozen books, including John Marshall: The Man Who Made the Supreme CourtFounder's Son: A Life of Abraham Lincoln; Alexander Hamilton, American; and Founding Father: Rediscovering George Washington.
     
  • Michael Gerhardt is scholar-in-residence at the National Constitution Center, Burton Craige Distinguished Professor of Jurisprudence at the University of North Carolina Law School, and the Richard Beeman Visiting Scholar at the University of Pennsylvania Law School. Gerhard frequently appears on CNN as an expert and commentator on the impeachment process. He is the author several books including, The Federal Impeachment ProcessThe Forgotten Presidents, and Impeachment: What Everyone Needs to Know.
     

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