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The Second Justice Marshall, Ronald R. Davenport

Duquesne Law Review

From 1801 until 1835 the first Justice Marshall served a distinguished tenure as Chief Justice of the United States Supreme Court. Legal scholars, political scientists, historians and even high school civics teachers recognize his tremendous contribution to the development of American Government and to the definition of the relationship between the Court, the Executive, and the Legislative branches' of government. No one man has done more to establish the Court as an institution or to provide the foundation of American Constitutional law. Since the first Justice Marshall's tenure there have been great Justices: Black; Frankfurter; Brandeis; Hughes; Harlan; Holmes; Cardozo; …