What Kind of Nation: Thomas Jefferson, John Marshall, and the Epic Struggle to Create a United States
By James F. Simon.
Description
What Kind of Nation is a riveting account of the bitter and protracted struggle between two titans of the early republic over the power of the presidency and the independence of the judiciary. The clash between fellow Virginians (and second cousins) Thomas Jefferson and John Marshall remains the most decisive confrontation between a president and a chief justice in American history. Fought in private as well as in full public view, their struggle defined basic constitutional relationships in the early days of the republic and resonates still in debates over the role of the federal governm...
ISBN(s)
0684848708, 9780684848709
