However, by establishing the role of the Court as a co-equal branch of government, Marshall laid the groundwork for this institution to protect First Amendment rights in the future, after they were also applied to the states through the due process clause of the Fourteenth Amendment. The Court under Marshall’s leadership limited the reach of the First Amendment (and other provisions of the Bill of Rights) to actions of the national government. During his tenure (1801–1835), the Court vastly expanded the role of the national government at the expense of states’ rights advocates and broadly interpreted the legislative, executive, and judicial powers that the founders had enumerated in the Constitution. He remains one of the most honored members in Court history. He is the longest serving chief justice in Court history. John Marshall (1755–1835), the fourth chief justice of the United States, served on the Supreme Court for 34 years. (Image via The Collection of the Supreme Court of the United States. During his tenure (1801–1835), the Court vastly expanded the role of the national government, broadly interpreted the enumerated powers in the Constitution, and limited the reach of the First Amendment to actions of the national government.
Chief Justice John Marshall in 1826. Marshall served on the Supreme Court for 34 years.
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