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Steven Norris published The Past and Present Legacy of John Marshall in Promoting Slavery, Injustice and Corporate Rule in Ohio News 2021-01-17 19:26:46 -0800
The Past and Present Legacy of John Marshall in Promoting Slavery, Injustice and Corporate Rule
John Marshall was the most influential judge in American history. But the fourth chief justice of the Supreme Court subverted the rule of law. He gave the Court dictatorial power to overrule legislation and executive action, i.e. judicial review, in Marbury v Madison (1803). He spent the rest of his career establishing the double standard that defines constitutional construction to this day: natural rights regarding contract- and property law as they pertain to the 1 percent, but no rights which judges are bound to respect with regard to litigants whose property is in their labor.
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