What Kind of Nation

By James F. Simon

Subjects: Politics and government, Constituição,, Uitvoerende macht, Estados Unidos. Suprem Court, Politique et gouvernement, Histoire, Estados Unidos. Suprem Court,, États-Unis. Supreme Court, Histoire constitutionnelle, Poder executivo,, Jefferson, thomas, 1743-1826, Grondwetten, Constituição, United States, Rechterlijke macht, United states, politics and government, História,, États-Unis, Political questions and judicial power, História, Poder executivo, Estados Unidos, History, Politique et pouvoir judiciaire, Politieke conflicten, Pouvoir exécutif, Marshall, john, 1755-1835, United States. Supreme Court, Constitutional history, Executive power

Description: "What Kind of Nation is an 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 government vis-a-vis the states and the authority of the Supreme Court to interpret laws.". "More than 150 years after Jefferson's and Marshall's deaths, their words and achievements still reverberate in constitutional debate and political battle. What Kind of Nation is a dramatic rendering of a bitter struggle between two shrewd politicians and powerful statesmen that helped create a United States."--BOOK JACKET.