JACKSON'S JUDGES
During his two terms as Chief Executive, Andrew Jackson made six appointments to the United States Supreme Court, more than any nineteenth-century president. Ranging from the famous to the virtually unknown, this group together reflected what may be described as their appointer''s nationalist-states'' rights dual constitutional personality. They consisted of three late Marshall Court appointees: J...
During his two terms as Chief Executive, Andrew Jackson made six appointments to the United States Supreme Court, more than any nineteenth-century president. Ranging from the famous to the virtually unknown, this group together reflected what may be described as their appointer''s nationalist-states'' rights dual constitutional personality. They consisted of three late Marshall Court appointees: J...
