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==Chief Justice ==

==Chief Justice ==

At the last minute (January 1801) Adams appointed a series of federal judges (the "Midnight Judges") including Marshall as chief justice of the United States. The three previous chief justices had left little permanent mark beyond setting up the forms of office.  The Supreme Court, like the state supreme courts, was a minor organ of government.  In his 34-year tenure Marshall made it a third coequal branch, which it remains today.  With his associate justices, especially [[Joseph Story]], William Johnson, and Bushrod Washington, Marshall's Court defined the constitutional standards of the new nation. The great work of the Marshall Court was done in a handful of great cases: Marbury v. Madison, 1 Cranch 137; McCulloch v. Maryland, 4 Wheat. 316; Cohens v. Virginia, 6 Wheat. 264; Gibbons v. Ogden, 9 Wheat 1; and a few others.

At the last minute (January 1801) Adams appointed a series of federal judges (the "Midnight Judges") including Marshall as chief justice of the United States. The three previous chief justices had left little permanent mark beyond setting up the forms of office.  The Supreme Court, like the state supreme courts, was a minor organ of government.  In his 34-year tenure Marshall made it a third coequal branch, which it remains today.  With his associate justices, especially [[Joseph Story]], William Johnson, and [[Bushrod Washington]], Marshall's Court defined the constitutional standards of the new nation. The great work of the Marshall Court was done in a handful of great cases: Marbury v. Madison, 1 Cranch 137; McCulloch v. Maryland, 4 Wheat. 316; Cohens v. Virginia, 6 Wheat. 264; Gibbons v. Ogden, 9 Wheat 1; and a few others.

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