Wednesday, March 23, 2022
John Marshall and Bushrod Washington
The relationship between Marshall and Washington is another pivotal one in my new book. I’ve posted about their close partnership many times already and don’t want to beat a dead horse. But there is one angle that I’ve not discussed previously.
Most significant working relationships between or among Justices begin when they arrive at the Court. Before that they may know one another, but not in an intimate way. Washington and Marshall are unique in that they collaborated extensively before reaching the Court. This was mainly through their legal practice in Richmond, but also as members of the Richmond City Council, advisors to Martha Washington, and partners on George’s official biography. Thus, they were able to hit the ground running when Marshall became Chief Justice in 1801, and they never looked back.
Posted by Gerard Magliocca on March 23, 2022 at 09:46 PM | Permalink
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