View Record in the Biographical Directory of the U.S. Madison, Chief Justice John Marshall established the principle of judicial review, an important addition to the system of checks and balances created to prevent any one branch of the Federal Government from becoming too powerful. was admitted to the bar on Augresigned his Army commission in 1781 and engaged in the practice of law in Fauquier County delegate in the Virginia house of delegates in 1780 settled in Richmond and practiced law member of the executive council 1782-1795 again a member of the house of burgesses 1782-1788 delegate to the State constitutional convention for the ratification of the Federal Constitution that met in Richmond Jone of the special commissioners to France in 17 to demand redress and reparation for hostile actions of that country resumed the practice of law in Virginia declined the appointment of Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States tendered by President Adams Septemelected as a Federalist to the Sixth Congress and served from March 4, 1799, to June 7, 1800, when he resigned was appointed Secretary of War by President Adams May 7, 1800, but the appointment was not considered, and on May 12, 1800, was appointed Secretary of State entered upon his new duties June 6, 1800, and although appointed Chief Justice of the United States January 20, 1801, and notwithstanding he took the oath of office as Chief Justice February 4, 1801, continued to serve in the Cabinet until Mamember of the Virginia convention of 1829 continued as Chief Justice until his death in Philadelphia, Pa., Jinterment in the Shockoe Hill Cemetery, Richmond, Va. at the outbreak of the Revolutionary War joined a company of State militia that subsequently became part of the Eleventh Regiment of Virginia Troops studied law at the College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, Va. MARSHALL, John, (uncle of Thomas Francis Marshall cousin of Humphrey Marshall relative of Manley Caldwell Butler), a Representative from Virginia born in Germantown, Fauquier County, Va., Septemreceived instruction from a tutor and attended the classical academy of the Messrs. The Supreme Court has grown skeptical of its Chevron deference doctrine, and on Monday, it agreed to hear a case that may spell the doctrine’s demise.

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