Chief Justice John Marshall: Origins and Consequences of Judicial Review

Here's the press release for an interesting sounding free event on UofL's campus on Saturday January 19, 2008.

U.S. Supreme Court Chief Justice John Marshall will be the focus of a panel discussion on the University of Louisville’s Belknap Campus Jan. 19, 2008

The free, public event, “Chief Justice John Marshall: Origins and Consequences of Judicial Review,” will begin at 10:30 in Chao Auditorium, Ekstrom Auditorium.

Panelists will include Michael McDonald, a retired Kentucky Court of Appeals judge; Scott Miller, a retired Kentucky state senator, and Jane Lollis, a Louisville attorney. Charles Ziegler of Uof L’s Department of Political Science and Thomas Mackey of UofL’s Department of History will moderate.

Marshall, who served on the nation’s highest court from 1801 to 1835, is perhaps best known for establishing judicial review, a practice allowing courts to strike down laws that violate the Constitution.

For more information, call Lynn Olympia of the Alexander Hamilton Historical Society of Kentucky, 502-897-5726.