“As chief justice, [John] Marshall was assigned by the Judiciary Act of 1802 to [hold court on] the North Carolina circuit, which convened in Raleigh…. The state government had moved to Raleigh from coastal New Bern, and the new capital had all the trappings of a piedmont frontier town as it struggled to accommodate the […]
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In Raleigh, chief justice had to fend for himself
Posted in Just A Bite, tagged john marshall, raleigh, supreme court on March 6, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
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