I’m not talking about a sheriff, I’m talking about John Marshall, the fourth Supreme Court Chief Justice. Serving from 1801 until his death in 1835, he became one of the most influential chief justices. He took part of 30 important court cases and influenced the modern day constitution and modern present day. When the United States was starting out, it took a long period of time to establish order. The Articles of Confederation was failing so they came up with the idea of the constitution. However, the constitution still needed to be improved over the years to meet present day social issues. John Marshall helped establish rules that now meet our standards. For instance, he served in the court case Marbury v. Madison which ruled that courts
