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The Great John Marshall: Part 1

Some claim that Marshall’s views represented an early model for a big federal government and liberal judicial activism. The claim is untrue, as I'll explain.
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The Great John Marshall: Part 1
A portrait of Chief Justice John Marshall, 1834, by Rembrandt Peale. Oil on canvas. Virginia Museum of Fine Arts. Public Domain
Rob Natelson
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My Epoch Times series “The Founders and the Constitution” covered the lives and contributions of 14 leading American Founders.
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Rob Natelson
Rob Natelson
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Robert G. Natelson, a former constitutional law professor, is Senior Fellow in Constitutional Jurisprudence at the Mountain States Policy Center and the Independence Institute. He authored “The Original Constitution” (4th ed., 2025) and is a contributor to the Heritage Foundation’s “Heritage Guide to the Constitution.”