Great Decision Jefferson, Adams, Marshall, and the Battle for the Supreme Court

Name: Great Decision Jefferson, Adams, Marshall, and the Battle for the Supreme Court
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ISBN: 9781586484262

ISBN-10: 1586484265

ISBN-13: 9781586484262

Edition: 2009

Authors: Cliff Sloan, David McKean

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In 1800, the United States teetered on the brink of a second revolution. The presidential election between Adams and Jefferson was a bitterly contested tie, and the government neared collapse. The Supreme Court had no clear purpose or powerno one had even thought to build it a courtroom in the new capital city. When Adams sought to prolong his policies in defiance of the electorate by packing the courts, the fine words of the new Constitution could do nothing to stop him. It would take a man to make those words good, and America found him in John Marshall. The Great Decision tells the riveting story of Marshall and of the landmark court case, Marbury v. Madison, through which he empowered…

Book details

List price: $26.95
Copyright year: 2009
Publisher: Perseus Books Group
Publication date: 3/3/2009
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 288
Size: 6.50" wide x 9.50" long x 1.25" tall
Weight: 1.100
Language: English



Prologue


Introduction



"This Gigantic Abortion"



John Adams Defeated



The Rise of the Cousins: A New Chief Justice and a New President



The Midnight Judges



President Jefferson



The Battle Lines Are Drawn



Marbury Files Suit



The Firestorm



Trial in the Supreme Court



Deliberation



Decision



The Meaning of Marbury


Epilogue



Marbury v. Madison



Stuart v. Laird


Notes


Selected Bibliography


Acknowledgments


Index