1. The man who brought power and
purpose to the supreme court!

2. • Supreme Court=
Circuit Riders

4. William and Mary‟s
College and Experience
Born in a log Cabin
in Virginia
John Marshall. Oldest of 15 Kids
Reading Poems and
Stories from William Henry Brown, 1844.
his dad‟s collection Lithograph. The Library of Virginia

5. Witty
Intelligent Sincere
John Marshall
Charming Persuasive
Well-
Spoken

6. This means that he gave the Supreme Court the
power to look at previous court cases, laws, and
acts of the president to make sure they don‟t
contradict the Constitution. It made the
Supreme court a protector of people‟s
Constitutional Rights and the ability to make
more decisions.

7. During the Election of
1800, John Marshall
was both the Secretary
of State, and the Chief
Justice

8. • John Adams lost the Election and Thomas
Jefferson Won
LOSER
WINNER!!!!

9. Adams Was Not Happy, but decided to make
one last move as President.
He made sure a judicial Act would pass
through congress. that let him appoint more
judges and spent his last night in office
writing out appointments

10. • The Secretary of State,
who was John Marshall
for one more day had to
put the US seal on
appointments to make
them official, it was also
his job to deliver them.
He ran out of time
though and figured, eh,
it‟s ok, the next
Secretary of state can
do it tomorrow.

11. I don‟t want Adam‟s people in office! They
didn‟t deliver the letters. Noone knows
who got the jobs. I demand that
you, Madison, my new Secretary of
State, DO NOT DELIVER THOSE
LETTERS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

15. • MADISON
HAPPENED TO STILL
BE A CHIEF JUSTICE
ON THE SUPREME
COURT

16. • The Supreme Court
ruled that while
Marbury had the right
to his commission, the
act that congress
voted in for Jefferson
to make the
appointments was
unconstitutional

17. • Therefore, Marbury
never got the position
as judge.

18. • BUT!, this was important,
because Marshall‟s
reasoning and persuasion
made it possible for the
Supreme Court to decide
whether or not a case is
constitutional, and
therefore gave the
supreme court the power
to prevent tyranny and
protect people‟s rights.
This was called JUDICIAL
REVIEW.

19. The US Supreme Court threw out a case
because a person didn‟t get to go through
the due process of law, and incriminated
himself because he didn‟t have a lawyer.
Thus police now have to give Miranda
Rights
The Court decided that state laws requiring
separate but equal schools violated the Equal
Protection Clause of the Fourteenth
Amendment. Therefore his decision affected
Civil Rights

20. They make more They have a nice People consider
money building them when voting
for president
They are a big part
of the Check and
Balance System„

21. • He continued to be a • Until he got sick, and
judge died in an accident
when a stagecoach he
was riding in turned
over on it‟s side

23. “To listen well is as powerful
a means of communication
and influence as to talk well”