![]() ![]() presidents to send federal troops if needed to enforce rulings. Through his authoritative demeanor and easy way with his colleagues and others, Marshall exuded credibility, which in turn encouraged U.S. Since the court employed no police force, concern arose that its unpopular rulings would be ignored or would at least be unenforceable. Constitution, that the Supreme Court possessed the power to declare an act of Congress unconstitutional. Madison (1803) set a precedent, never enumerated in the U.S. ![]() During Marshall's tenure on the court, the justices handed down nearly 1,200 rulings Marshall served as the lead writer for more than 500 of those. Marshall would serve as chief justice for 35 years (a record tenure), establish the legitimacy of the Supreme Court and write decisions that solidified the primacy of the federal government over often resentful state governments. ![]() He was a distinguished officer and an effective state leader in Virginia before studying law and being appointed to the Supreme Court at the beginning of the 19th century. Independent scholar Unger ( John Quincy Adams, 2012, etc.) treats the influential John Marshall (1755-1835) as a hero. Supreme Court's longest-serving chief justice. ![]()
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