The Justices of the United States Supreme Court: Their Lives and Major Opinions

‘The government of the United States has been emphatically termed a government of laws, and not of men’. So wrote Chief Justice John Marshall in Marbury v. Madison in 1803, the first case in which the Supreme Court ruled a law unconstitutional and asserted its right and power to interpret the U.S. Constitution. Since then, the Supreme Court has been a co-equal branch of government with Congress and the presidency.Arranged in chronological order, Justices of the United States Supreme Court, Revised Edition examines the biographical facts of each Supreme Court justice’s life, including his or her background in the law, the paths that led each one to the illustrations; and fact boxes for each justice. This definitive biographical reference on the Supreme Court will be a welcome addition to high school, college, and library collections.Profiles include: career, cause of death, education, exact birth and death dates, exact length of service and ranking, family (spouse/children), first and last day on court, justice replaced, military service, parents,place of birth/home state, political party, religion, tally and date of Senate vote, and more.