USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -John Marshall (1755–1835), the fourth chief justice of the United States, served on the Supreme Court for 34 years. He is the longest serving chief justice in Court history. He remains one of the most honored members in Court history.

Detailed explanation-2: -Marshall served on the Supreme Court up until his death in 1835. He is widely considered the most important and influential Supreme Court justice in U.S. history. His rulings changed the way the Supreme Court worked and established it as an equal third branch of the government. He married Mary Willis Ambler in 1782.

Detailed explanation-3: -Marbury v. Madison (1803) was the first of Marshall’s great cases and the case that established for the court its power to invalidate federal laws and acts found to be in conflict with the Constitution.

Detailed explanation-4: -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.