[SES1066]

In terms of history, it is always interesting to see how individuals change history and members, especially, Chief Justices, of the Supreme Court (SCOTUS) are definite 'game changers!'

No Chief Justice to date has come anywhere close to unseating John Marshall (1755-1835) as the greatest and most influential CJ ever on SCOTUS yet it was his death that opened the vacancy that Roger Taney filled. Taney's reputation, even before Dred Scott, suffers much by the comparison.

[Pelham]

“No Chief Justice to date has come anywhere close to unseating John Marshall (1755-1835) as the greatest and most influential CJ ever on SCOTUS “

John Marshall’s cousin was Thomas Jefferson and they hated each other with a passion.