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==Career==
==Career==
An active patriot, Blair signed the Virginia Association of June 22, 1770, which pledged to abandon importation of British goods until the Townshend Duties were repealed. He also underwrote the Association of May 27, 1774, calling for a meeting of the colonies in a Continental Congress and supporting the Bostonians. He took part in the Virginia constitutional convention (1776), at which he sat on the committee that framed a declaration of rights as well as the plan for a new government. He next served on the Privy Council (1776–78). In the latter year, the legislature elected him as a judge of the General Court, and he soon took over the chief justiceship.
An active patriot, Blair consistently opposed mistreatment by the British of the colonists. However, early on he did not favor the more aggressive stances taken by contemporaries like [[Patrick Henry]], such as during the [[Stamp Act]] crisis.<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=FGoEj2tBGMkC&pg=PA18 Supreme Court Justices: Illustrated Biographies]</ref>
However, after repeated injury and in particular the passage of the [[Townshend Acts]], Blair became more fiery and signed the Virginia Association of June 22, 1770, which pledged to abandon importation of British goods until the Townshend Duties were repealed. He also underwrote the Association of May 27, 1774, calling for a meeting of the colonies in a Continental Congress and supporting the Bostonians. He took part in the Virginia constitutional convention (1776), at which he sat on the committee that framed a declaration of rights as well as the plan for a new government. He next served on the Privy Council (1776–78). In the latter year, the legislature elected him as a judge of the General Court, and he soon took over the chief justiceship.
In 1780 he won election to Virginia's high chancery court, where his colleague was George Wythe. During his tenure, the case ''The Commonwealth of Virginia v. Caton et al. (1782)'', which was an early [[judicial review]] case involving the constitutionality of legislative acts.
In 1780 he won election to Virginia's high chancery court, where his colleague was George Wythe. During his tenure, the case ''The Commonwealth of Virginia v. Caton et al. (1782)'', which was an early [[judicial review]] case involving the constitutionality of legislative acts.