USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -As the longest serving Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, Marshall wrote many landmark decisions that expanded the power of the judiciary to make it an important part of the federal system of checks and balances. The 1803 case of Marbury v. Madison asserted the Court’s power of judicial review.

Detailed explanation-2: -In 1800 President Adams appointed him Secretary of State, a position he would continue to hold in a limited capacity at the beginning of his tenure as Chief Justice of the United States Supreme Court in 1801. John Marshall’s tenure on the Court can be divided into four phases.

Detailed explanation-3: -During Marshall’s 34-year tenure as Chief Justice, the Supreme Court would emerge as an important force in the federal government for the first time, and Marshall himself played a major role in shaping the nation’s understanding of constitutional law.

Detailed explanation-4: -Congress first exercised this power in the Judiciary Act of 1789. This Act created a Supreme Court with six justices. It also established the lower federal court system.