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'''John Marshall''' was the [[United States]] [[Secretary of State]] during the administration of [[John Adams]]. He is better known as one of the [[United States Supreme Court]]'s most influential [[Chief Justice of the United States Supreme Court|Chief Justices]]. Some of his most [[activist judge|influential]] rulings were that of ''[[Cohens v. Virginia]]'', ''[[Flecher v. Peck]]'', ''[[Gibbons v. Ogden]]'', ''[[Marbury v. Madison]]'', ''[[McCulloch v. Maryland]]'', ''[[Trustees of Dartmouth College v. Woodward]]'', and ''[[Worcester v. Georgia]]''. His opinions and rulings in each of these cases supported the policies of Adams (a [[Federalist]]) through 1835, long after the Federalist Party had completely collapsed in 1816 due to the [[War of 1812]].
While many of his decisions were unpopular ([[Andrew Jackson]] went so far as to completely ignore the ruling of ''Worcester v. Georgia''), the Federalist judge did set a great precedent in American politics by being able to balance out the branches of government and ensure that the Republic did not become too divided in its infancy.
During his thirty-four years as head of the [[Supreme Court]] he judged over 1,100 cases, 519 of which he wrote the rulings for.<ref> ''A History of the American People, Paul Johnson, page. 237''</ref> Marchall was in the dissenting minority only eight times throughout his tenure at the court. <ref> ''A History of the American People, Paul Johnson, page. 237''</ref>
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