The great decision : Jefferson, Adams, Marshall, and the battle for the Supreme Court / Cliff Sloan and David McKean.
Tells the story of Marshall and of the landmark court case, Marbury v. Madison, through which he empowered the Supreme Court and transformed the idea of the separation of powers into a working blueprint for our modern state.
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New York :
PublicAffairs,
[2009]
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| Edition: | First edition. |
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Table of Contents:
- "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
- Marbury v. Madison
- Stuart v. Laird.