Marshalls

“The criminal justice system failed Donald Marshall, Jr. at virtually every turn from his arrest and wrongful conviction for murder in 1971, up to, and even beyond, his acquittal by the Court of Appeal in 1983.” What is one to do when racism overshadows the law? For Donald, there was nothing that he could do. His background made him susceptible to having an unfair accusation take away countless years of his life that he won’t ever get back, and unfortunately, that was the norm for many Mi’kmaq…

A little background on Marshall Poe. “Marshall Tillbrook Poe is an American historian, writer, editor and founder of the New Books Network, an online collection of podcast interviews with a wide range of non-fiction authors.” Wikipedia is a very well known site to be an encyclopedia. Students constantly question why Wikipedia is a bad source and teachers will often fail students for using Wikipedia as a source for information, teachers try to have students understand that Wikipedia is not a…

into office on the steps of the capital by the Chief of Justice John Marshall. There are also people behind them watching the inauguration, and a solder is standing by the pillar holding a gun. The people in the back ground are almost hiding behind the pillars. In the picture of Andrew Jackson getting inaugurated it shows a sense of seriousness, because a new beginning is ahead, and it shows that Andrew Jackson and John Marshall are the main focus of this picture.…

John Marshall’s Biography Being the first of fifteen children, John Marshall was already a natural leader. He was a soldier in the Revolutionary War, a successful lawyer, and secretary and most importantly Chief Justice of the United States of America. He was a well-respected man that played important roles throughout his life. A major influence in his teenage years was his father’s good friend, George Washington. John Marshall’s young inspirations, military background, and powerful government…

Following the end of the Second World War, Marshall Tito, former leader of the Partisans, lead the ethnically diverse, if not artificial, state of Yugoslavia into a new age of optimism that lasted for three decades. Unfortunately, this age ended with his death. His death, along with the fall of the Soviet Union a decade later, left the fate of Yugoslavia, and its many peoples, uncertain. Following the fall of the Soviet Union and its satellites in 1989, a feeling of uncertainty tainted the air…

General George C. Marshall was born December 31, 1880 and passed away October 16, 1959. General Marshall played a huge role in United States History. During General Marshall’s lifetime the United States was being reformed and military power and strength become key components to be a successful free country. The United States was building their military power to become the strongest country in the world and General Marshall helped the United States get there. These changes in the United…

John Marshall Speech Hello, I am John Marshall, first chief justice of the supreme court and I am here, in the supreme court, to give you my verdict of the case of Worcester v. Georgia. Sour relations between Americans and Native Americans dates all the way back to 1600, when white settlers either forced Native Americans out or sought to convert them and make them assimilate. Georgia, 1827, Americans keep extending their jurisdiction over the Cherokee territory and continuously passing laws that…

The Necessary and Proper Clause: Is it Someone’s Opinion or What is Good for America? Throughout the history of America, a plethora of cases have passed through every court in the nation. Some cases arrive at a conclusion without needing the supervision of higher courts, but other cases make a statement that will resonate through similar cases in years to come. Once a court declares something legal or illegal, it becomes the standard against which another like case is compared. For this reason,…

Joseph McCarthy Few people in American history have ever plunged the country into panic as Joseph McCarthy did in the 1950s. He single-handedly fabricated a scandal he claimed reached into the highest branches of the US government. Lacking substantial evidence, he accused various senators, representatives, and officials of being communist spies. His infamous “list” of such people was comprised of information that was “either taken from other sources or misremembered or just made up” (Kelley).…

Supreme Court Justice Thurgood Marshall stated in the 1974 Supreme Court Case Procunier v. Martinez, “ The First Amendment serves not only the needs of the polity but also those of the human spirit- a spirit that demands self-expression.” (Smolla 615) Being the first African-American on the Supreme Court, Justice Thurgood Marshall knows himself, what it feels like for people to offend and insult you because of your race. Although, it was not easy for Justice Thurgood Marshall, he proved others…