Gerard Magliocca is Samuel R. Rosen Professor of Law at Indiana University McKinney School of Law. This interview is based on his new book, Washington’s Heir: The Life of Justice Bushrod Washington (Oxford University Press, 2022). JF: What led you to...
John Marshall
Who is the greatest U.S. Supreme Court justice
Check out Scotus Blog’s March Madness tournament: Make your picks here. I’m taking John Marshall all the way....
Thoughts on Trump’s Proposed “National Garden of American Heroes”
At his July 3, 2020 speech at Mount Rushmore, Donald Trump said: [youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=alEE-5Pk5DQ&w=560&h=315] More here. And here is the text of the executive order: By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws...
Chief Supreme Court Justice John Marshall Was a Lame-Duck Appointment
Over at the blog of Oxford University Press, historian R.B. Bernstein reminds us that John Marshall, the man who many consider to be the most influential Supreme Court Justice in American history, was a so-called “lame-duck” appointment. Here is a...
Who Described George Washington as "first in the hearts of his countrymen?"
J.L. Bell is on the case over at Boston 1775. Here is a taste of his post: Yesterday I quoted the famous praise for George Washington that appears in the House of Representatives’ record for 19 Dec 1799: “first in...