Question

Write TWO paragraphs describing John Marshall and the Supreme Court made the United States Constitution and the National Government the supreme law of the land.

Answer 1

John Marshall was the fourth chief justice of the U.S. Supreme Court (1801-35). In Marbury v. Madison (1803) and other landmark cases, Marshall asserted the Supreme Court’s authority to determine the constitutionality of the nation’s laws—a principle known as judicial review—and shaped the judicial branch into a powerful force in the U.S. government.