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Which US Supreme Court justice was a cousin of Thomas Jefferson?
Supreme Court Chief Justice John Marshall was a distant cousin of Thomas Jefferson.
Was John Marshall appointed by Thomas Jefferson?
No. John Marshall was appointed Chief Justice of the Supreme Court by Jefferson's immediate predecessor, President John Adams, in 1801. Marshall and Jefferson had completely different political ideologies and little respect for each other, so Jefferson would never have nominated Marshall.
Who was the 44 year old cousin of Thomas Jefferson who was appointed Chief Justice of the Supreme Court and radically changed the job of the Supreme Court?
John Marshall was the 45, not 44, year old distant cousin of Thomas Jefferson who was Chief Justice of the Supreme Court and radically changed the job of the Supreme Court.
Current Chief Justice of the Texas Supreme Court is?
Wallace B. Jefferson
Were Henry Clay and Thomas Jefferson cousins?
No, you may be thinking about the fourth US Supreme Court Chief Justice John Marshall, who was a distant cousin of Jefferson's.
What Chief Justice angered President Jefferson because of his Supreme Court opinions?
Chief Justice John Marshall, who was appointed to the US Supreme Court in February 1801, several weeks before Thomas Jefferson took office. Marshall presided over the Court until his death in 1835.
Is Supreme Court justice angel a Cortinas democrat?
what political party does Angel A Cortinas belong to
Why did segregationists want to impeach Earl Warren?
Segregationists disagreed with Brown v. Board of Education.As a Supreme Court justice, he said that segregation in schools was against the Constitution.
Was Abe Fortas a Chief Justice in the US Supreme Court?
He was not a Chief Justice, he was an Associate Justice of the US Supreme Court. President Nixon nominated Fortas to succeed Earl Warren as Chief Justice, but there was so much political resistance in the Senate, his nomination had to be withdrawn.
What is the significance of Samuel chase?
He was a justice of the US Supreme Court who Jefferson urged Congress to impeach. He went on trial in 1805 but was acquitted, and this ruling set a precedence that impeachment was not to become a way for politicians to get rid of their political partisan rivals in America.
Who is appointed by the US Supreme Court?
No one. Supreme Court justice don't make political appointments; that authority falls to the President, with the approval of the Senate.
What do you think of Supreme Court Justices having political party affiliations?
Supreme Court Justices do not necessarily have parties because they do not run for a political seat. The criteria for a supreme court justice has to be someone who is familiar with the law such as a former lawyer. If Supreme Court justices ran on a political platform that could complicate the position they hold because many political parties have money or a platform they run on.
