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Can a biography help us explore big historical questions?

Can knowing about the life of John Marshall, the fourth Chief Justice of the United States Supreme Court, help us better understand the Supreme Court and how it came to occupy the powerful place it has in the United State government?

The Doing History: Biography series continues and explores these questions with Richard Brookhiser, author of John Marshall: The Man Who Made The Supreme Court.

Show Notes: https://www.benfranklinsworld.com/211

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Complementary Episodes

• Episode 055: Robb Haberman, John Jay: Forgotten Founder
• Episode 068: Richard Brookhiser, Founders’ Son: A Life of Abraham Lincoln
• Episode 180: Kate Elizabeth Brown, Alexander Hamilton and the Making of American Law
• Episode 203: Joanne Freeman, Alexander Hamilton
• Episode 204: James Lewis Jr., The Burr Conspiracy
• Episode 209: Considering Biography
• Episode 210: Considering John Marshall, Part 1

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