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The Marshall Expedition: 6 Va. Men Recreating Sup. Ct. Justice's 1812 River-Scouting Trip In Flat-Bottomed Boat

By The Huffington Post News Editors May 23rd 2012 - 06:22PM

Six Virginia men attempting to recreate Supreme Court Chief Justice John Marshall's historic 1812 river-scouting journey have tackled the toughest part, plunging into the whitewater of the New River Gorge.

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New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg Calls For Independent Thought At Franklin And Marshall 2012 Commencement

By William McGuinness May 12th 2012 - 05:26PM

New York City Major Michael Bloomberg powered past his disappointment after not receiving promised ice cream from Franklin and Marshall College President Michael Porterfield to remind graduating students to live a life of service.

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The Constitutionality of the Individual Mandate

By Richard Leffler May 07th 2012 - 09:53AM

The briefs and the recent oral arguments before the Supreme Court on the provision for an individual mandate in the Affordable Care Act would have benefited from close attention to two opinions by the great Chief Justice John Marshall, which are referred to only in snippets.

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John Marshall (September 24, 1755 – July 6, 1835) was the Chief Justice of the United States (1801–1835) whose court opinions helped lay the basis for American constitutional law and made the Supreme Court of the United States a coequal branch of government along with the legislative and executive branches.

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