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Why January Is the Perfect Time to Start or Update Your Estate Plan
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Is the Hot Toddy Indian or Irish?
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‘The Bachelorette’ Contestants Go to Court
The Cousin Rivalry That Gave the Supreme Court Its Power
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A COUSIN RIVALRY GAVE THE SUPREME COURT ITS POWER (YES, REALLY)
Congress’ basement. When Marshall was chief justice of the court and Jefferson was president, the cousin controversy reared its head.
When Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg passed away and Judge Amy Coney Barrett was nominated to take her place, the eyes of the country turned to
the U.S. Supreme Court. It’s no secret that the court has a lot of power. Its decisions, like Loving v. Virginia, Brown v. Board of Education, and Roe v. Wade , have reshaped America. But how did just nine people come to hold so much sway? Well, the answer lies with two rival second cousins: Thomas Jefferson and John Marshall. Back in 1803, the Supreme Court was the laughingstock of Washington. It was a collection of misfits (including a man nicknamed “Red Old Bacon Face”) and met in
Marshall and Jefferson were in rival political parties and, to add insult to injury, Marshall’s mother-in-law had once spurned Jefferson’s romantic advances, according to Washington legend. In 1803, Jefferson (a Republican) was
upset because a judge whom his predecessor, President
The Supreme Court met in these windowless chambers from 1819 to 1860.
John Adams (a Federalist),
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