Chief Justice John Marshall and Justice John Marshall Harlan are two of the most influential Supreme Court justices in American history. Join Robert Strauss, author of the new book John Marshall: The Final Founder; Peter Canellos, author of the new book The Great Dissenter: The Story of John Marshall Harlan, America's Judicial Hero; and Elizabeth Slattery of the Pacific Legal Foundation and co-host of the Dissed podcast, for a discussion on what made Marshall, Harlan, and other justices influential, and what their legacy is today. Jeffrey Rosen, president and CEO of the National Constitution Center and author of William Howard Taft and Louis D. Brandeis: American Prophet, moderates.
Participants
Peter Canellos is the managing editor for enterprise at POLITICO, where he formerly served as the executive editor. He is the editor of The Last Lion: The Fall and Rise of Ted Kennedy, and the author of the new book The Great Dissenter: The Story of John Marshall Harlan, America’s Judicial Hero. Prior to coming to POLITICO, he served as the editor of The Boston Globe's Editorial Page.
Elizabeth Slattery is a senior legal fellow and deputy director of Pacific Legal Foundation’s Center for the Separation of Powers. She is also the co-host of the podcast Dissed, exploring the Supreme Court’s important dissents. As creator and former host of another popular podcast about the Supreme Court, she captivated listeners around the world with her interviews and trivia segments. Slattery previously worked at The Heritage Foundation.
Robert Strauss is a historian and adjunct professor in the department of English. Strauss served as a reporter for Sports Illustrated, a feature writer for the Philadelphia Daily News, and a news and sports producer for KYW-TV in Philadelphia. He is the author of Worst. President. Ever: James Buchanan, the POTUS Rating Game, and the Legacy of the Least of the Lesser Presidents and most recently, John Marshall: The Final Founder.
Jeffrey Rosen is the president and CEO of the National Constitution Center, a nonpartisan nonprofit organization devoted to educating the public about the U.S. Constitution. Rosen is also professor of law at The George Washington University Law School and a contributing editor of The Atlantic.
Additional Resources
- Peter Canellos, The Great Dissenter: The Story of John Marshall Harlan, America’s Judicial Hero
- Anastasia Boden and Elizabeth Slattery, Pacific Legal Foundation, Dissed podcast
- Robert Strauss, John Marshall: The Final Founder
- Giles v. Harris, 189 U.S. 475 (1903)
- Plessy v. Ferguson (1896)
- Morrison v. Olson (1988)
- Fletcher v. Peck (1810)
- Pollock v. Farmers' Loan and Trust Company (1895)
- Lochner v. New York (1905)
- United States v. E.C. Knight Company (1895)
- Sherman Antitrust Act (1890)
- Dred Scott v. Sandford (1857)
- The Missouri Compromise (1820)
- Marbury v. Madison (1803)
- The Judiciary Act of 1801
- The Civil Rights Cases of 1883
- Heart of Atlanta Motel, Inc. v. United States (1964)
- Gabriel Chin, Iowa Law Review, “The Plessy Myth: Justice Harlan and the Chinese Cases”
- Richard Brookhiser, John Marshall: The Man Who Made the Supreme Court
- Federalist 78
- Ledbetter v. Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company (2006)
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