On this day in 1971, former Justice John Marshall Harlan II died at age 72, just three months after retiring from the court ...

Courtmaker examines how John Marshall established the Supreme Court as a pillar of democracy. Courtmaker explores how Chief Justice John Marshall transformed the Supreme Court into a coequal branch of ...

Michael McNelly, also known as McNeely, was born about 1747. He enlisted in fall 1775 in the Virginia Continental Army. He served for three years and four months during which he took part in the ...

RICHMOND, Va. (WDBJ) - July 9, 1835: Supreme Court Justice John Marshall’s body was laid to rest in Richmond. Businesses closed that day, courts adjourned, church bells rang, and mourners gathered ...