Can a biography help us explore big historical questions?
Can knowing about the life of John Marshall, the fourth Chief Justice of the United States Supreme Court, help us better understand the Supreme Court and how it came to occupy the powerful place it has in the United State government?
The Doing History: Biography series continues and explores these questions with Richard Brookhiser, author of John Marshall: The Man Who Made The Supreme Court.
Show Notes: https://www.benfranklinsworld.com/211
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Complementary Episodes
Episode 055: Robb Haberman, John Jay: Forgotten Founder
Episode 068: Richard Brookhiser, Founders’ Son: A Life of Abraham Lincoln
Episode 180: Kate Elizabeth Brown, Alexander Hamilton and the Making of American Law
Episode 203: Joanne Freeman, Alexander Hamilton
Episode 204: James Lewis Jr., The Burr Conspiracy
Episode 209: Considering Biography
Episode 210: Considering John Marshall, Part 1
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