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Former Chief Justice of the United States

John Marshall, a renowned jurist and politician in the United States, served as the Chief Justice of the United States. Born on September 24, 1755, in Virginia, he passed away on July 6, 1835. Marshall had a profound impact on the judicial field, with his legal principles still being followed in the American legal system today.

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“The constitution is either a superior paramount law, unchangeable by ordinary means, or it is on a level with ordinary legislative acts, alterable when the legislature shall please to alter it. It is emphatically the province and duty of the judicial department to say what the law is. This is the very essence of judicial duty.”

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“It is emphatically the province and duty of the Judicial Department to say what the law is.”

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“It is emphatically the province and duty of the judicial department to say what the law is...If two laws conflict with each other, the courts must decide on the operation of each...This is of the very essence of judicial duty.”

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“It is the peculiar province of the legislature to prescribe general rules for the government of society; the application of those rules to individuals in society would seem to be the duty of other departments.”

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Book:The Constitutional Decisions of John Marshall

Source: The Constitutional Decisions of John Marshall